Media Statement of the Water Justice Movement

Media Statement: “As water justice advocates from five continents gathered together in Dakar, Senegal for the World Social Forum, we applaud Bolivian President Evo Morales’ proposed United Nations declaration to block the sale of public water service to private companies."

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World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal

“As water justice advocates from five continents gathered together in Dakar, Senegal for the World Social Forum, we applaud Bolivian President Evo Morales’ proposed United Nations declaration to block the sale of public water service to private companies.

“From Cochabamba, Bolivia to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, to Marseille, France, private water companies have deprived people of their human right to water in the name of profit. We oppose the dominant economic model that prescribes privatization, commercialization and corporatization of public water and sanitation services. We will counter this type of destructive and non-participatory public sector reform, having seen the outcomes for poor people as a result of rigid cost-recovery practices and the use of pre-paid meters.

“Looking forward to the next World Water Forum in 2012, we will continue to denounce corporations that attempt to dictate community water service, and we will advocate for community-driven solutions that protect water as a human right, a public good and a part of the global commons.”

Signed,

ACRA – Associazione di Cooperazione Rurale in Africa e America Latina

ATTAC, France

Blue Planet Project, Canada

CEVI – Centre for International Volunteering, Italia

CICMA -Italian Committee for a World Water Contract

Corporate Europe Observatory

Council of Canadians

David Barkin, México

Durban Green Corridor, South Africa

Enginyeria Sense Fronteresc- Catalunya

Food & Water Watch, USA

Foro Italiano de los Movimiento por el Agua

France Libertés

Housing-Water-Sanitation Associates, Cameroon

Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement, Togo

Kenya Local Government Workers Union

Mesas Técnicas de Agua, Venezuela

Municipal Services Project, Global

People’s Coalition for the Right to Water (KRUHA), Indonesia

Public Services International

Solange Chassot  La Liane Saint Louis, Senegal

Transnational Institute, Europe

VAAL Environmental Justice Alliance, South Africa

Water Right Campaign, Turkey

Zanzibar Water Authority, Tanzania

Déclaration Multimédia du Mouvement de Justice d’Eau

10 Février 2011

Forum Social Mondial à Dakar, Senegal

“Comme défenseurs de la justice de l’eau venant des cinq continents et réunis à Dakar, Sénégal pour le Forum Social Mondial, nous applaudissons la declaration proposée aux Nations Unies du président bolivien Evo Morales pour bloquer la vente de service public de l’eau aux entreprises  privées.

“De Cochabamba, Bolivie à Dar Es Salaam, Tanzanie, à Marseille, France, sociétés des eaux privées ont privé les gens de leur droit humain à l’eau au nom du profit. Nous opposons le modèle économique dominant qui prescrit la privatisation, la commercialisation et la ‘corporatisation’ des  services publiques d’eau et d’assainissement. Nous lutterons contre ce type de réforme destructive et non-participative du secteur public, après avoir vu les résultats pour les auvres à la suite des pratiques de redressement des coûts rigides et l’utilisation de compteurs prépayés.

“Attendant avec impatience le prochain Forum mondial de l’eau en 2012, nous continuerons à dénoncer les sociétés qui tentent de dicter service communautaire de l’eau, et nous préconisons les solutions communautaires qui protègent l’eau comme un droit de l’homme, un bien public et une partie du bien commun.“

Signé,

ACRA – Associazione di Cooperazione Rurale in Africa e America Latina

ATTAC, France

Blue Planet Project, Canada

CEVI – Centre for International Volunteering, Italia

CICMA -Italian Committee for a World Water Contract

Corporate Europe Observatory

Council of Canadians

David Barkin, México

Durban Green Corridor, South Africa

Enginyeria Sense Fronteresc- Catalunya

Food & Water Watch, USA

Foro Italiano de los Movimiento por el Agua

France Libertés

Housing-Water-Sanitation Associates, Cameroon

Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement, Togo

Kenya Local Government Workers Union

Mesas Técnicas de Agua, Venezuela

Municipal Services Project, Global

People’s Coalition for the Right to Water (KRUHA), Indonesia

Public Services International

Solange Chassot  La Liane Saint Louis, Senegal

Transnational Institute, Europe

VAAL Environmental Justice Alliance, South Africa

Water Right Campaign, Turkey

Zanzibar Water Authority, Tanzania