Ministerial declaration: “Butterfly Effect” on the way to South Korea

The 90 NGOs that compose the “Butterfly Effect” consider that “the ministerial statement innovates in several areas”. They expressed satisfaction with the clear statement of the right to water as an inalienablehuman right and the recognition of the concept of humanitarian crisis. The “Butterfly Effect” hopes the 7thWorld Water Forum in South Korea will continue along the same lines, since the WWF6 has for the first time integrated the NGOs that are engaged in the development process. The following steps are the states’ commitment to the implementation of the right to drinking water and sanitation, as well as the ratification of the UN International Watercourses Convention (1997).

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