This Reuters
Alertnet article says that the
World Water Forum is being undermined by the blanket coverage of the imminent war in Iraq
hogging the headlines with the threat of war also
preventing senior participants, such as the
UNDP's administrator
Mark Malloch Brown from attending.
This is a shame as according to the
World Water Council's
William Cosgrove "Every year
2, 000, 000 children are dying from lack of access to water or water-borne diseases."
Sadly the timing of the war is also a threat to
World Water Day on
March 22nd 2003.
Click here to read a
Media Guide suitable for anyone interested in investigating one of the biggest scandals of the last 50 years – the
failure to develop solid foundation of public health through sanitation, hygine + safe water supply
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