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"El derecho al agua y el saneamiento como derecho humano"

El agua no es un bien comercial, sino un bien público - Se invita a la Comisión Europea a presentar una propuesta legislativa para la implementación del derecho humano al agua y el saneamiento reconocido por la ONU y a promover el suministro de agua y el saneamiento como servicios públicos esenciales para todos. La legislación de la UE debe exigir a los gobiernos que garanticen y proporcionen a todos los ciudadanos servicios de agua potable y saneamiento convenientes. Instamos a que:

por obligación, las instituciones comunitarias y los Estados miembros velen por que todos los ciudadanos puedan ejercer el derecho al agua y el saneamiento;
el abastecimiento de agua y la gestión de recursos hídricos no se rijan por “las normas del mercado interior” y que se excluyan los servicios de agua del ámbito de la liberalización;
la UE redoble esfuerzos para lograr el acceso universal al agua y el saneamiento.

últimas noticias

German water workers concerned about future of water services

Several hundred trade union and works council representatives of Germany’s water companies organized a demonstration to demand that water is taken out of the concessions directive.

The right to water vs CEO of Nestle (part II)

(16 May 2013) Nestle CEO Brabeck no longer claims that water is Not a human right following recent controversy

“Solange wir schweigen, sind wir die Komplizen der Mörder” (As long as we remain silent, we are the accomplices of murders)

(15 MAy 2013) Jean Ziegler, former UN special rapporteur on the right to food, speaks about privatisation of water and the need for civil society to speak out for peoples’ rights

Thessaloniki Citizens’ Initiative 136 together with other groups bid for water company

(13 May 2013) A new success for the groups that oppose the privatisation of the Thessaloniki water company.

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European Federation of Public Service Unions

FYEG

Aqua Publica Europea

Social Platform

European Trade Union Confederation

European Environmental Bureau

Women in Europe for a Common Future

European Public Health Alliance

European Anti-Poverty Network

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Christian MEIDLINGER

President

President GdG-KMSfB, Austria

Niels HAUSGAARD

Entertainer, Denmark: "I sign for the right to Water"

Sascha GABIZON

Executive Director of Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF), Netherlands: “We might want to make remark how important this human right to water and sanitation is especially for women, especially in developing countries and countries in transition, that it is often a question of life, death, illness and violence against women, and that we are VERY concerned that its some of the rich countries in the north, were sanitation is not a question of death, illness and violence, which are trying to turn back this new human right, which was agreed in 2010 by the UN general assembly”

Monika KOSINSKA

General Secretary European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), Poland: "Water and sanitation services cannot be treated as an ordinary commodity when they are so essential to life itself. People cannot live without water, children do not grow up healthily. Access to drinking water is a very basic requirement, a fundamental human right. And yet in Europe, water and sanitation services are increasingly privatized, making their access more difficult for people who cannot pay for them"

Erhard BUSEK

Chairman of the Institute for the Danube region and Central Europe (IDM) in Vienna, Austria. "Water is life. The ecological situation for us will be more and more dependent on water. We have to do a lot to keep this condition of life available for everybody."

Monika Wulff-Mathies

EU-Commissioner for Regional Policy and Cohesion from 1995 to 1999: ”I fully support the aim of the campaign “right2water”. As the first European Citizens’ Initiative it is a positive example that shows: people want to be involved in European politics and to be proactive. This is very important to promote Europe and to foster direct democracy.” EU-Kommissarin für Regionalpolitik und Kohäsion 1995 bis 1999: „Das Bürgerbegehren „Menschenrecht auf Wasser“ hat ein wichtiges Ziel, das ich unterstütze. Als erste europäische Bürgerinitiative ist es zugleich ein positives Zeichen dafür, dass sich die Menschen in die europäische Politik einbringen und aktiv werden wollen. Dies ist ein wichtiger Schritt zu mehr Bürgernähe und zur Stärkung der Demokratie durch bürgerschaftliches Engagement.“

Pierre MANSAT

Adjoint au Maire de Paris

Adjoint au maire de Paris, chargé de Paris Métropole & des relations avec les collectivités territoriales d'Ile de France : "L'eau est à nous"

Martine DE REGGE

Schepen van Openbare Werken en Mobiliteit in Gent, Belgium: "Water: onze publieke verantwoordelijkheid".

Hans VAN DIJK

Emeritus Professor at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands: "Quality public water services are an indispensable part of modern society. They require high skills and knowledge and a balanced consideration of the interests of consumers, governments, workers and the environment!"

Gabriel Amard

Président de la Gauche par l'exemple

President "La Gauche par l'exemple" : "Comme l'air, comme le rayon du soleil, l'eau est un élément naturel indispensable à la survie. Nous sommes dans le domaine du vivant. Trois jours sans boire et nous sommes morts. Ce n'est même pas que "l'eau n'est pas une marchandise comme les autres", l'eau n'est pas une marchandise! Elle ne doit donc pas être traitée tel quel. C'est au service public d'en gérer sa potabilisation, son approvisionnement et son assainissement. C'est la garantie que l'intérêt général et le droit d'y accéder priment sur toute autre considération."

Karina KELLNER

Secrétaire Générale, OBUSSAS – Observatoire des Usagers de l’Assainissement en Ile-de-France

Secrétaire Générale, OBUSSAS – Observatoire des Usagers de l’Assainissement en Ile-de-France: « Alors que l’ONU a reconnu le droit à l’eau et à l’assainissement comme un droit fondamental de l’Homme, il est plus qu’urgent qu’en France comme en Europe le droit à l’eau devienne une réalité pour toutes et tous. »

Hanna-Maria Seppälä

Successful Finnish Olympic swimmer and world champion: "Water is a crucially important element for me for the sake of training, good physical condition and health. Water is the basic prerequisite for life and, therefore, safe, clean water should be a basic right available to everyone."

Ewout IRRGANG

Member of the Socialist Party, Netherlands

Jochen Stemplewski

Präsident der Allianz der öffentlichen Wasserwirtschaft e. V. (AöW) und Vorstandsvorsitzender Emschergenossenschaft/Lippeverband: "Wasser ist unser Lebenselixier – ein Gut, das wir schützen und bewahren wollen. Für die Menschen und die Umwelt. Die AöW lehnt die Liberalisierung und Privatisierung der Wasserwirtschaft ab. Wasser gehört in die öffentliche Hand!"

Luc HAMELINCK

President

President ACV-CSC Services publics (Belgium): "I sign for the Human Right to Water"

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"El derecho al agua y el saneamiento como derecho humano"

últimas noticias

German water workers concerned about future of water services

The right to water vs CEO of Nestle (part II)

“Solange wir schweigen, sind wir die Komplizen der Mörder” (As long as we remain silent, we are the accomplices of murders)

Thessaloniki Citizens’ Initiative 136 together with other groups bid for water company

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