Threatening Survival: World Water Forum

“Although the privatisation wave has lost a lot of momentum in recent years due to the many failures, not least in cities in developing countries, there is still a strong ideological push to promote private sector management, including from the World Water Council.”

… “The vague status of the task in Geneva reflects the fact that the World Water Forum is not embedded in the UN system, but controlled by the World Water Council, a private think tank, which, to add insult to injury, is strongly biased towards the interests of private water corporations.”

Olivier Hoedeman, Corporate Europe Observatory.

Stefania Bianchi, “NGOs Turn Up Pressure Against Water Privatization,” Inter Press Service, 1/18/06.