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The Right to Water

Water an essential element for life A reflection from the Pontifical Council of the Justice and Peace as a contribution of the Holy See to the III World Forum held at Kyoto, Japan, in April 2000.

Poverty and Privatization of Public Domestic Water and Sanitation Services in Africa by Luc Coppejans, M. Afr.
The option to emphasize the need to privatize basic water and sanitation services in Africa may be coherent with the principles of market economy; however, at this point of time in Africa’s history it is incoherent with the principles of respect for Human Rights and a sustainable development for Africa.

Water: a Human Right for All! A provisional declaration for safeguarding the right to drinking water.

World Bank Water Strategy is reactionary, dishonest and cynical by Rich Pickings for the Dam Lobby 
Harm for the Poor and Environment

El problema del agua dulce. Perspectiva Norte-Sur (Text in Spanish)
The war for water led by the two French companies that hold the power to control most of the world water market: Vivendi and Ondeo.

The Campaign against the commerce of light weapons

AEJPN: Update small arms March 2003.
Since January, our antennae have joined the European coalition campaign to ask for more controls on brokering in small arms and to seek legal status for the European Code of Conduct for Trade in Arms. Since then some new elements have come to the foreground that ask our attention.