In 2007 the Blue Planet Project battled the corporate theft of water
and worked with partners in both
northern and southern countries to
promote water as a human right.
In January we attended the World
Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, where
we witnessed the birth of a new African
Water Network, representing people
from more than 40 African countries.
This kicked off a year in which the world
water movement continued to grow in
strength and numbers.
The Blue Planet Project played a key
role in advocating for the human right
to water at the United Nations in 2007.
The Council served as an expert adviser
on water issues to Madame Louise
Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights, whose 2007 report on
the right to water demanded that states
ensure effective monitoring of human
rights violations pertaining to water. The
Council of Canadians is calling for an
immediate halt to water privatization,
and we are continuing to advocate for
water to be fully enshrined as a human
right, at all levels of government – from
local ordinances, to nation-state constitutions,
to a full UN covenant.
In October the Blue Planet Project was
one of the central organizers of Blue
October, the second annual international
month of action to protect the world’s
water. This year activists in 36 countries
participated, and momentum is already
building for 2008.
In December we launched a new online
action centre focusing on the right to water
(www.righttowater.ca). The first action alert
urged Prime Minister Harper to reverse the
Canadian government’s position against the
right to water at the UN.
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