Marseille, March 20^th2012 –The 6^thWorld Water Forum was characterised by a strong mobilisation of the international

political community and of civil society so as to make the cause of water and sanitation move forward during more than

400 open sessions of which fifty major ones.

 

 

 

 

Participations (key figures)

    15 heads of State, of governments and European Commissioners

    173 represented countries

    103    Ministers,    Vice‐Ministers     and   Secretaries     of State

    170       national       delegations       and      international organisations   taking   part   in    the    Ministerial Declaration

    More than 750 elected officials among which 250 mayors and 250 parliamentarians

    More than 500 sponsorised persons

    3,500 NGOs and civil society representatives

    More than 2,600 children and youth

 

 

 

Highlights (key figures)

    Numerous high level sessions (Rio+20, Europe, Chad, Gaza, Niger etc.)

    1 ministerial conference

    12 ministerial roundtables

    6 trialogs (debate between national, regional and local authorities)

    2 days for the Local and Regional Authorities conference

    10 high level panels

    2 water debates

    1 day and a half for the parliamentary conference

    6 regional and transcontinental processes

    1 commitments’ session

 

 After these six days of debates and exchanges, built on 1,400 solutions for water and sanitation posted on the solutions

sharing    platform,    all   the   stakeholders    (UN   agencies,    governments,    parliamentarians,          local    authorities,                  donors,       water

professionals, NGOs and           civil society actors,       women and     youth   representatives) have already announced                                                         more than                       a

hundred concrete commitments. These solutions and commitments should enable a faster access to water and sanitation,

a universal human right which           was   recognised in 2010,        and improve     the conservation and       management of                                 this major threatened resource.

 

Just like the Village of Solutions, www.solutionsforwater.org, the Solutions platform created especially for the 6^thWorld

Water Forum ‐ the Time for Solutions ‐ and which is also intended to welcome stakeholders’ commitments, is perpetuated

so as to become a place          of sharing, exchange      and monitoring  for the 7^thWorld Water Forum which                                                          will take place in Daegu Gwangyeoksi, South Korea, in 2015.

 

 

The World Water Council will bear these solutions and commitments to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) for the United Nations

Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20 from June 20^thto 22^nd2012, for which the water and sanitation issue is

already on the agenda.

 

 

 

Press Contacts – 6^thWorld Water Forum