World Water Council - Date submitted: 31 Oct 2011 - Stakeholder
type: Major Group - Name: World Water Council - Submission
Document: Download Full SubmissionContribution of the World
Water Council to the Zero Draft of the Rio+20 Outcome Document
IT?S ALL ABOUT WATER The World Water Council, as was expressed
earlier to the Secretary General of the United Nations,
considers the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development to be a political gathering of the highest
importance in achieving sustainable world development and stands
ready to contribute to all the relevant processes by mobilizing
its entire means available. The Council, as the highest level
non-governmental entity in water matters, is well positioned
through its vast core membership, encompassing technical and
scientific organisations, the public and private sectors, as
well as development and donor agencies, in addition to
ministries, local authorities, and intergovernmental and United
Nations bodies, to contribute to the Rio+20 proce