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> A Milestone in the History of Dams and Development
> World Commission on Dams to Release Report
> Nelson Mandela to Inaugurate Global Launch in London
> November 16 Marks End of WCD New Beginning for Partners
>
> CAPE TOWN, October 13 -- Against expectations, an unprecedented global
> experiment to transform development controversies of the past into
> consensus for the future has completed its work, with unanimous agreement,
> in a very short time frame, and under budget.
>
> During the IUCN/World Conservation Congress in Amman, Jordan, the World
> Commission on Dams today announced that it has concluded two years of
> comprehensive global assessments, peer reviews, impartial outreach, and
> rigorous independent analysis involving nearly 1000 people and covering
> hundreds of large dams to bring clarity and understanding to water and
> energy resource development decisions around the world.
>
> It further announced that it has researched, written, edited and has sent
> to the publisher its Final Report, which now has been unanimously endorsed
> by a unique group of 12 diverse and experienced Commissioners,
> representing public, private and civil society perspectives of the dams
> and development debate.
>
> Finally, it announced the global launch of that Final Report -- Dams &
> Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making -- with Nelson Mandela,
> IUCN Director-General Maritta Koch-Weser, World Bank President Jim
> Wolfensohn, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson and HRH
> Prince William of Orange in Cabot Hall, London on the 16th of November
> 2000. It then disbands, and, through regional presentations of its work in
> Bangkok, New Delhi, New York, Sao Paulo, Washington and Cape Town, passes
> the torch to its many partners for implementation, analysis and action.
>
> "Just as our journey ends, the real work begins," said WCD Chair Kader
> Asmal. "We have fulfilled our mandate. We have carried out an ambitious
> work programme to help governments meet the needs of their thirsty
> constituents without exhausting the waters that sustain us all. We have
> learned hard lessons from the past, listened to voices hitherto unheard,
> and offered a new framework for decision making: globalisation from
> below."
>
> There were some who did not believe the World Commission on Dams would
> meet more than once, much less nine times on five continents. In two years
> it drew upon:
> * More than 900submissions on experiences with large dams from 79
> countries;
> * A survey of 125 dams in 56 countries in a broad, 'family portrait'
> of dams as a whole;
> * Four consultations held in Sri Lanka, Egypt, Brazil and Vietnam
> which gave voice to individual views about dams and attracted 1,400
> participants from 59 countries;
> * Seventeen thematic reviews by 130 writers in 25 countries;
> * Input from 68 organisations from 34 countries represented on the WCD
> Forum who monitor the Commission's work and activities;
> * Ten case studies in five regions that provide and in-depth study and
> analysis about how dams were built in their national, temporal and natural
> context.
>
> "While the Commission itself is mortal, our product should not be," said
> Asmal. "Our Report is a milestone in the in the history of dams and
> development. It builds upon the work of others in the past and hopes to
> guide, shape and inform the future of decision making for our most
> precious resource, water."
> ________________________________________________________________________
> World Commission on Dams Secretariat
> PO Box 16002, Vlaeberg, Cape Town. 8018 South Africa
> * +27 21 426-4000 Fax: + 27 21 426 0036
> E-mail contact: jworkman@dams.org/ Home Page: http://www.dams.org
>
>
>
>
> James Workman
> Senior Advisor -- Media & Communications
> The World Commission on Dams
> P.O. Box 16002
> Vlaeberg, Cape Town
> SOUTH AFRICA
> (27) 21 426 4000
> jworkman@dams.org
>
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Lori Pottinger, Director, Southern Africa Program,
and Editor, World Rivers Review
International Rivers Network
1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California 94703, USA
Tel. (510) 848 1155 Fax (510) 848 1008
http://www.irn.org
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