The November 2011 edition of AEFJN's Forum for Action is now online. It contains articles on the ethical responsibility of the Church on the climate issue, on the clean up of the Ogoniland oil spills, which will take decades, on the spread of Libyan arms in the Sahel, on the production of medicines in Africa and on the EU's attempt to force African countries to sign EPAs.
The national election campaign officially started the 28th October in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), exactly one month ahead of historic presidential and legislative elections, scheduled for November 28 2011. 41 humanitarian and human rights organizations, among them AEFJN, have expressed concern about the high political tension and deteriorating security situation. They have called upon all Congolese and international actors involved to take urgent measures to prevent electoral violence, better protect civilians and ensure credible, free and fair elections.WATER, crucial for the future of humanity
UN general Assembly unanimously adopted resolution declaring access to clean water and sanitation is human right.
The resolution “calls upon States and international organizations to provide financial resources, capacity-building and technology transfer, through international assistance and cooperation, in particular to developing countries, in order to scale up efforts to provide safe, clean, accessible and affordable drinking water and sanitation for all.” (A/64/L.63/Rev.1)
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Some facts: - 884 million people lack access to safe drinking water - More than 2.6 billion people do not have access to basic sanitation - About 1.5 million children under the age of five die each year - 443 million school days are lost because of water- and sanitation-related diseases - Over 50 percent of malnutrition cases globally are associated with diarrhoea or intestinal worm infections. - Over half the world's hospital beds are occupied by people suffering from illnesses linked to contaminated water. - Around 90 percent of diarrhoea cases, which kill some 2.2 million people every year, are caused by unsafe drinking water and poor hygiene. - Almost
900 million people lack access to safe drinking water, and an estimated
2.6
billion people lack access to basic sanitation. South Asia (around 221
million)
and sub-Saharan Africa (330 million) have the
highest proportion of people living without basic sanitation. |