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13th session of the Comission on Sustainable Development

The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was created in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD); to monitor and report on implementation of the Earth Summit agreements at the local, national, regional and international levels. Delegates from the 9 Major Groups: women, youth, indigenous peoples, farmers, NGOs, trade unions, local authorities, science and technology, and the private sector gathered from 11-22 April 2005 for the 13th session of the Comission on Sustainable Development (CSD-13) which took place in New York. Discussions focused on three major issues for developing countries: water, sanitation, and human settlements.

Treaty urged to protect human right to water

Alarmed by corporate moves to treat water as just another market commodity, leading civil society groups are urging the international community to adopt a new universal treaty to protect the right to water.
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Governments should press harder for gains in water, sanitation and housing says UN

"It would be tragic and shameful if, come 2015, we find ourselves scrambling to explain our failure," told Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the ministerial segment of the thirteenth UN Commission on Sustainable Development.
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WEDO at the UN's CSD-13

The Women's Envrionment & Development Organization (WEDO) will continue to urge the CSD Bureau to incorporate women and water as a major issue and to implement gender as a cross-cutting issue. This site provides daily follow-up of the 13th comission from a gender perspective.
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News	Reports
Treaty urged to protect human right to water Governments should press harder for gains in water, sanitation and housing says UN NGO group opening statement on freshwater and sanitation Millennium+5 Forum at CSD13 (19 April) CSD-13 side event: "Public participation in the implementation of the Johannesburg Plan of Action" CSD-13 side events	WEDO at the UN's CSD-13 International Institute for Sustainable Development daily coverage of CSD-13 Habitat International Coalition (HIC) and CSD 13 Sustainable Development Issues Network (SDIN) coverage of CSD-13 "Rio+10: Earth Summit" - Choike in depth report


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