Wednesday, January 08, 2003

- Water justice in Kyoto?

Water justice in Kyoto?  Reflections on the Third World Water Forum
by Olivier Hoedeman, Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ceo/

The organisers of the Third World Water Forum want to avoid the embarrassing experience they had at the previous forum (in The Hague in 2000), when groups succesfully confronted the Forum with its corporate bias. They have therefore invited NGOs to join this year’s event, for instance by organising panels and roundtables inside the forum. Many organisations, from Japan and the rest of the world, have this time accepted the invitation, hoping to make their concerns are heard by the thousands of influential people that will attend the World Water Forum. Strong groups like the Council of Canadians and Public Services International are working on a trojan horse?Estrategy of trying to win the debate inside the Forum. Whatever the impact os this will be, it is essential that the global justice movement is also visible outside of the World Water Forum.....

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