Notable among the forty-one
abstentions was the
USA and, to our shame,
Canada. This is not
surprising as, last time around,
in March 2008, both the
USA
and
Canada voted against the
resolution.
Over a billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and over two billion
have no sanitation… in 2010.
The name Pablo Salon is probably not a household name where you live, that may not last
long.
Pablo is the Bolivian UN Rep on Climate Change, and today he addressed a
hushed UN auditorium:
"Every three seconds, a child dies from drinking water--1,2,3,--now I am
on to the 4th..."
And, our country,
Canada,
was unmoved.
Who exactly does our government think it represents?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Dr. John O’Connor
Medical Doctor, Board Member SDWF Board of Directors
E-mail: gramocroi@gmail.com
Cell: (780) 799-1040
Nicole
M. Biederbeck B.Ed. Distinction
Director
of Education
Safe
Drinking Water Foundation
#1-912 Idylwyld Drive North
Saskatoon,
SK
S7L 0Z6
Ph.
306-934-0389 Fax 306-934-5289
E-mail:info@safewater.org
Website:www.safewater.org
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Every
penny and every drop counts! Thank you so much!
At the United Nations
today one hundred and twenty four countries stood up and courageously
supported the resolution declaring that access to clean water and proper
sanitation be recognized as a Human Right. 
