The Holy See and 6^th World Water Forum

(March 10,2012) The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has prepared the Holy See’s contribution, to the Sixth World Water Forum to take place in Marseille, France, 12-17 March 2012,Entitled “Water an essential element for life” with the sub-title: Designing sustainable solutions. The Vatican document harked back to the earlier summits on water at Kyoto, Mexico and Istanbul.Although some results have been achieved, the document points out that half of the world’s population still does not have adequate access to drinking water and expresses a strong hope for better management of water resources on the part of all those involved as they are called to act responsibly, with sobriety and solidarity. The World Water Forum, organized every three years by the World Water Council, brings together private and public representatives and relevant organizations around various issues related to water, and solutions to unmet challenges regarding water. The Delegation of the Holy See to the Sixth World Water Forum will be made up of three staff-members of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.