These developments pose an immediate threat to the world's declining freshwater resources, the health of all people and ecosystems and to national sovereignty over water, especially as a service but also as a good, as experience in many parts of the world shows.
The GATS process is a one-way street towards increased limitations on
environmentally and socially responsible policies. For, WTO rules curtail the national space available to legislate any new laws in the interest of ecological sustainability, equity concerns or national food security. It is in this context that we call upon all governments of the world to ensure that water and water services are kept out of all world trade negotiations and all other bilateral and multilateral trade and investment agreements.
Signatories: (on 7th June 2002, Bali)
Afrika 21st Century Organization, Kenya
Berne Declaration, Switzerland
COICA, Ecuador
Coordinadora de Defensa del Agua y de la Vida, Bolivia
Development Visions, Pakistan Environmental Liaison Centre
International Environmental Monitoring Group, South Africa
FIVAS, Norway
Friends of the Earth International
Greenpeace International
Norwegian ForUM, Norway
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan
SUNGI Development Foundation, Pakistan
Tebtebba, Phillippines
The Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy, USA
For Further Information: Shiney Varghese, svarghese@iatp.org
Neil Sorensen
Program Associate for International Programs
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
2105 First Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404 USA
Tel: (612) 870-3412
Fax: (612) 870-4846
Email: nsorensen@iatp.org
http://www.iatp.org
http://www.tradeobservatory.org
http://www.waterobservatory.org
http://www.gefoodalert.org
Help support our work at: http://www.iatp.org/donate
The GATS process is a one-way street towards increased limitations on
environmentally and socially responsible policies. For, WTO rules curtail the national space available to legislate any new laws in the interest of ecological sustainability, equity concerns or national food security. It is in this context that we call upon all governments of the world to ensure that water and water services are kept out of all world trade negotiations and all other bilateral and multilateral trade and investment agreements.
Signatories: (on 7th June 2002, Bali)
Afrika 21st Century Organization, Kenya
Berne Declaration, Switzerland
COICA, Ecuador
Coordinadora de Defensa del Agua y de la Vida, Bolivia
Development Visions, Pakistan Environmental Liaison Centre
International Environmental Monitoring Group, South Africa
FIVAS, Norway
Friends of the Earth International
Greenpeace International
Norwegian ForUM, Norway
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan
SUNGI Development Foundation, Pakistan
Tebtebba, Phillippines
The Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy, USA
For Further Information: Shiney Varghese, svarghese@iatp.org
Neil Sorensen
Program Associate for International Programs
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
2105 First Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404 USA
Tel: (612) 870-3412
Fax: (612) 870-4846
Email: nsorensen@iatp.org
http://www.iatp.org
http://www.tradeobservatory.org
http://www.waterobservatory.org
http://www.gefoodalert.org
Help support our work at: http://www.iatp.org/donate