杏MAP导航 reiterates call to ensure fundamental human right to water
By Lisa Zengarini
As the international community observes World Water Day this week, 杏MAP导航 Francis has reiterated his urgent call for a renewed international effort to achieve universal access to clean water and sanitation, which the United Nations recognized in 2010 as a fundamental human right.
鈥淲e must join forces, involving the entire international community cooperating to create a consensus so as to allow the integral development of humanity,鈥� the 杏MAP导航 said.
UN Water Conference and 鈥淲ater and Hope" event
杏MAP导航 Francis made the appeal in a message addressed to participants in the international event 鈥淲ater and Hope: Experiences and Challenges for the Promotion of Sustainable Development and Care of Our Common Home" organized in the framework of the UN Water Conference taking place in New York on 22-24 March.
Speakers at the gathering are discussing strategies to address the urgent challenges facing the planet today, focusing on water and development; water and climate change; the role of the state in protecting the human right to water; indigenous peoples and the human right to water.
In his message, the 杏MAP导航 expressed support to the event and praised the various organizations that have come together to join their voices on this crucial issue.
These groups include, amongst others, the Sanitary Workers Foundation for Training and Development (FUTRASAFODE), an Argentinian foundation created in 2015 and advocating for the universal right of access to clean water and sanitation, and the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA), created in 2020 as 鈥渁n effective instrument鈥� for implementing the proposals that emerged from the 2019 Synod on the Amazon and the 鈥渇our great dreams鈥� outlined in the Post-Synodal Exhortation 鈥淨uerida Amazonia鈥�.
Concrete and effective action for humanity鈥檚 integral development
杏MAP导航 Francis remarked that the initiative lays 鈥渢he bed of a river of hope鈥� in the face of the 鈥渁larming and dramatic鈥� issues facing humanity today.
He said the consequences of climate change and ever-deepening inequalities require 鈥渃oncrete and effective鈥� action, and therefore closer cooperation between states for 鈥渉umanity鈥檚 integral development.鈥�
Right to water is right to life
杏MAP导航 Francis, therefore, expressed hope that the UN Water Conference in New York might find the solutions the world needs so that, by ensuring universal access to water and sanitation, we may 鈥渇ully accomplish鈥� this right, which is none less than 鈥渢he right to life, to the future, to hope鈥�.
鈥淲e cannot be afraid of the debate, we must grow with it, for ourselves and for the generations to come,鈥� the 杏MAP导航 concluded.
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