"Let Us Have Actions in Addition to Words," said the Advocate for the Future Generations for the World Day for Water

Date of article: 26/03/2014

Daily News of: 26/03/2014

Country:  Hungary

Author: Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary

Article language: en

"Declarations are not enough yet for gaining clean drinking water. Serious determination and actions are required from all stakeholders in order to use the finite water reserve as efficiently as possible, taking into consideration all legitimate needs as well as the interests of the future generations," referred Marcel Szabó, advocate for the future generations, the "green ombudsman," to the common responsibility on the World Day for Water. Almost one million seven hundred thousand EU citizens have just recently supported the first successful citizens' initiative with their signature, which started out as the recognition of the fundamental human right to clean drinking water.

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