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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9861

14 March 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/environment
Water is for all humanity, not something to be traded, says Parliament, which will take part in World Water Forum in Istanbul

Brussels, 13/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament believes that water is a common resource for humanity and not simply something to be traded, and that access to drinking water should be a fundamental and universal right. This is what the EP says loud and clear in the resolution adopted in Strasbourg on Thursday 12 March, ahead of the Fifth World Water Forum in Istanbul on 16-22 March. MEPs call on the EU to do all in its power to ensure that the poorest people on the planet...

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