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Subject: Water Conference ends, with march in support of abducted water
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 18:25:35 -0500
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Right to Water (right-to-water@iatp.org) Posted: 07/11/2001 By svarghese@iatp.org
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International Water Conference ends, with march in support of abducted
water activist and indigenous leader
VANCOUVER, July 8 /CNW/ - On the closing day of an international
conference dedicated to gaining recognition of water as a fundamental
human right, water activists and experts from around the world joined a
youth march to the Columbian consulate demanding information about the
disappearance of Columbian indigenous leader and water activist Kimy
Pernia Domico. Mr. Pernia was scheduled to lead a discussion on water
and indigenous rights at the "Water for People and Nature" conference
held this weekend by the Council of Canadians. He was abducted at
gunpoint early last month.
"The disappearance of Kimy highlights the pressure on the developing
world, on the poor and on First Nations to hand over their water
resources for private benefit, no matter the cost. We are here in Canada
with delegates from over 30 countries to push back, to protect the
world's water from the corporate forces that want to profit from it, and
today we're doing this in Kimy's name" said Maude Barlow, chair of the
Council of Canadians.
The march concluded three days of discussions by over 750 activists and
experts from 30 countries aimed at stopping the privatization, bulk
export and diversion of water throughout the world and establishing an
international network to protect water as a basic human right.
For information contact Council of Canadians at http://www.canadians.org
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