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DEVEOPMENT: Troubled Waters Hard to Bridge Over
İstanbul :: Turkey | 8 months ago
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The fifth World Water Forum (WWF) held in Istanbul ended Sunday with wide- ranging differences among governments and groups with an interest in water. The forum adopted a declaration calling for "new and adequate resources" for the water sector. It also...
Tags: Istanbul, world water, water forum
Water not recognized as human right in forum statement
Toronto :: Canada | 8 months ago
Credibility A week-long international conference ended Sunday in Istanbul with a statement that recognizes access to safe drinking water as a "basic human need," but not a "human right," as some delegates had proposed. The statement, coinciding with the United Nations'...
Tags: world water, water forum, safe drinking, Istanbul, drinking water
Failure to understand political Islam is 'dangerous'
Beirut :: Lebanon | 8 months ago
Credibility The West has fundamentally misunderstood the meaning and significance of political Islam and the world is "a more dangerous place" as a result, a former broker of unofficial talks between Western powers and groups such as Hamas and Hizbullah said on Friday.
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World forum on water crisis heads into final strait
İstanbul :: Turkey | 8 months ago
Credibility A seven-day focus on the world's water crunch was winding up in Istanbul on Sunday with an expected pledge to work harder to provide access to clean water and sanitation and tackle worsening scarcity. The declaration was to be published at the end of...
Tags: world water, water forum, 5th world, Istanbul, water crisis, ins istanbul, climate change
China pushes international co-op in water sectors
İstanbul :: Turkey | 8 months ago
Credibility Istanbul – China kicked off a series of efforts to push ahead international co-operation with the Asia-Pacific region, particularly its neighbors in water sectors on Friday in the World Water Forum. Heading a delegation of China for the forum's Asian-Pacific...
Tags: China, world water, water forum, Asian, Chen Lei, water resources, Asia-Pacific, resources chen, water sectors, Istanbul
Water exhibition held in Istanbul
İstanbul :: Turkey | 8 months ago
Credibility Exhibitors demonstrate water treatment experiment at the Japanese stand during a water exhibition of the Fifth World Water Forum in Istanbul of Turkey, March 18, 2009.
Tags: collective action, Istanbul, Turkey, water forum
Two activists deported after protesting World Water Forum
İstanbul :: Turkey | 8 months ago
Credibility According to a press release issued by International Rivers', the protesters called on participants at the forum to "embrace smarter and cleaner solutions" to the problems of water security around the world. Unlike 17 people who were taken into custody...
Tags: world water, water forum
World Water Forum Starts with a Bang: Activists Challenge Corporate Hypocrisy
İstanbul :: Turkey | 8 months ago
Credibility The 5th World Water Forum (WWF) is now in full swing in Istanbul Turkey. Water justice activists have convened from around the world to challenge the corporate driven agenda of the Forum while presenting an alternative vision for water justice that upholds...
Tags: world water, water forum, Istanbul Turkey
Protests mark water forum in Turkey
İstanbul :: Turkey | 8 months ago
Credibility A world water forum has opened in Istanbul, the capital of Turkey, amid violent protests. Anti-riot police used teargas on Monday to disperse some 300 demonstrators who accused the forum of helping big companies to promote privatisation. The protesters...
Tags: world water, water forum, Istanbul, Turkey Clashes, water crisis
World Water Forum opens in Turkey
İstanbul :: Turkey | 8 months ago
Credibility The future of vital water resources "does not only rest on technological progress, but also and mostly on political commitments", World Water Council president Loic Fauchon said during the opening ceremony. He called all policy makers and international...
Tags: water forum, Iraqi, world water, Turkey, Jalal Talabani, independence kurdish, 5th world, crown prince, president jalal, Istanbul
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