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 Civil Society Water Statement to the World Summit on Sustainable Development
Delegates to the Global People's Forum meeting in Johannesburg, Republic of
South Africa, 24 August to 3 September 2002 developed this statement of
conviction, commitment, and action toward the attainment of the ideals of
sustainable development as related to water and sanitation.
Freshwater Caucus Statement, World Summit on Sustainable Development
NGOs participating in the freshwater caucus during the World Summit on
Sustainable Development presented this statement to governmental delegates
for their consideration in developing the World Summit on Sustainable
Development Plan of Implementation.
Water For Life ~ Streams of Justice
The World Council of Churches and a number of representatives of member
churches and world communions have participated in the preparatory process
for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). An Ecumenical Team
formed for this purpose was active at the WSSD in building a faith-based
understanding of the integral relationship between social justice, human
development, and protection of the environment. This statement is a result
of this work.
"The Johannesburg plan of implementation doesn't hold water"
"New global relationships" -- that was the promise of Agenda 21, a plan of
action adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. In Johannesburg
ten years later, this promise goes unfulfilled. That is the assessment of an
Ecumenical Team attending the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD),
which ended September 4th.
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