Water Leadership
Water Law Symposium, Hamline Law Review, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2008
16 Pages Posted: 12 Jul 2008 Last revised: 21 Jul 2009
Date Written: July 12, 2008
Abstract
Reasonable and equitable use of water can help achieve local, regional, and international peace and security. This Article addresses water security around the world. Lack of safe drinking water and sanitation kills roughly 4500 children a day according to the World Health Organization. Youth have an important role to play as stakeholders with the longest range interests in policy outcomes. We have a shared responsibility to ensure water access and water quality. This Article concludes that clean technology transfer in particular and international cooperation generally can facilitate informed decisions upon which egalitarian agreements can establish sustainable watershed management.
Keywords: Water Law, Public Good, Youth, Children, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Conflict Resolution, Water Scarcity, Urban, Participation, Health, Reasonable and Equitable Water Use, United Nations
JEL Classification: D00, D40, D70, D90, H4, I00, N5, O3, O3
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