Op-Ed Submission to the Globe and Mail
On July 28, the General Assembly of the United Nations voted overwhelmingly, for the first time, to adopt a resolution recognizing the human right to drinking water and sanitation. One hundred and twenty two countries voted in favour of the resolution, none opposed and 41 abstained. The General Assembly [...]

Today was the historic U.N General Assembly vote on the Right to Water and Sanitation.
Although the motion passed with 124 countries voting in favour of the resolution drafted by Bolivia, Canada was among the 41 nations to abstain on the issue.

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Dear Excellencies,
I am writing all UN Ambassadors, permanent missions, and member states of the United Nations to seek your support for a very important initiative now taking place at the United Nations General Assembly concerning the human right to water and sanitation.
On June 17, a draft resolution declaring the human right to “safe and clean [...]

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 15, 2010 (IPS) – A long outstanding proposal to recognise the right to water as a basic universal human right is threatening to split the world’s rich and poor nations.
Opposition to the proposal is coming mostly from Western nations, says Maude Barlow, a global water advocate and a founder of the Canada-based [...]

Published On Tue Jul 13 2010
TORONTO STAR.COM
By Maude Barlow and Anil Naidoo
On June 17, Pablo Solon, the Bolivian ambassador to the United Nations, presented a draft resolution declaring the human right to “available, safe, acceptable, accessible and affordable water and sanitation” to a closed-door consultation at the UN General Assembly that will be dealt with [...]

Welcome to Water On The Table, a new documentary by Toronto-based filmmaker Liz Marshall.
I met Liz several years ago when my first book on water, Blue Gold, was published and it set Liz on a journey to chronicle the fight for water justice as well as to tell the story of the need to take better care [...]