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- | == | + | ==Principles== |
- | + | Water is a threatened vital resource. In accordance with the Principle of Responsibility: | |
- | '''" | + | * '''"Humanity must collectively protect water for the durability of ecosystems and for the benefit of future generations".''' |
- | + | Water is vital and not substitutable, like the air we breathe. | |
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+ | * '''"Access to healthy water must be secured as a universal inalienable Human Right."''' | ||
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- | + | Provided by Nature and essential for Life, a personal asset of the Living and non merchandisable, | |
+ | * '''"Water must not be subjected to competition and the laws of the Market".''' | ||
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- | + | ==Objectives== | |
- | + | Public powers in charge of collective goods must | |
+ | * '''"guarantee for anyone the right to have the vital minimum availabe, quality water",''' in sufficient amount for food, health and basic needs. | ||
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+ | * '''"Participation of all citizens in the water policy must be promoted"''' so as to guarantee the durability, the availability and the quality of water. | ||
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+ | * '''"Cooperation between the World s regions must be organized"''' for a optimum apportionment, considering availabilities and needs, so as to avoid any competitions for the resource or restrictions on access. | ||
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- | '''" | + | Water has a cost: extraction, storage, potability, distribution, collection of sewage and rainwater, purification. |
+ | * '''"The cost of regeneration of water, and this one only, must be assumed by the community."''' | ||
- | + | Water must be managed as a public good, by local community service with: | |
+ | * '''"A solidarity and fair price structure, prompting sustainable behaviors"''' | ||
+ | * '''"A local democratic control guaranteeing users the relevant information".''' | ||
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+ | ==Indicators== | ||
+ | ==Means== | ||
+ | ==Use of means strategies== | ||
+ | <To be completed> | ||
[[Category: WTO]] | [[Category: WTO]] | ||
[[Category: Actionable themes]] | [[Category: Actionable themes]] | ||
[[Category: Water]] | [[Category: Water]] |
Revision as of 07:17, 13 September 2008
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Principles
Water is a threatened vital resource. In accordance with the Principle of Responsibility:
- "Humanity must collectively protect water for the durability of ecosystems and for the benefit of future generations".
Water is vital and not substitutable, like the air we breathe.
- "Access to healthy water must be secured as a universal inalienable Human Right."
Provided by Nature and essential for Life, a personal asset of the Living and non merchandisable,
- "Water must not be subjected to competition and the laws of the Market".
Objectives
Public powers in charge of collective goods must
- "guarantee for anyone the right to have the vital minimum availabe, quality water", in sufficient amount for food, health and basic needs.
- "Participation of all citizens in the water policy must be promoted" so as to guarantee the durability, the availability and the quality of water.
- "Cooperation between the World s regions must be organized" for a optimum apportionment, considering availabilities and needs, so as to avoid any competitions for the resource or restrictions on access.
Water has a cost: extraction, storage, potability, distribution, collection of sewage and rainwater, purification.
- "The cost of regeneration of water, and this one only, must be assumed by the community."
Water must be managed as a public good, by local community service with:
- "A solidarity and fair price structure, prompting sustainable behaviors"
- "A local democratic control guaranteeing users the relevant information".
Indicators
Means
Use of means strategies
<To be completed>