African Union: COHRE and Hakijamii Trust urge AU Summit to endorse Right to Water and Sanitation
Geneva, 26 June 2008
COHRE and Hakijamii Trust urge African leaders to endorse eThekwini Declaration on sanitation in Africa and declare access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation a basic human right
The African Union (AU) is holding its 11th Summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 24 June to 1 July. The Heads of State and Government of the AU member States will be meeting in the framework of the Assembly of the African Union on 30 June and 1 July. The theme of this year's Summit of Heads of State and Government is meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on water and sanitation in Africa.
COHRE and Hakijamii Trust have sent letters of appeal to the governments of Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia, urging these countries to endorse the eThekwini Declararation and to follow the example set by Asia-Pacific States in the "Message from Beppu" and declare access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation a basic human right at the Summit. A similar appeal has been submitted to the Technical Advisory Committee of the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW-TAC).
For letters of appeal to specific governments, please contact Kerubo (kerubo@cohre.org) or Thorsten (thorsten@cohre.org).
For more information and background documents, please visit New Developments
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