Hearings & Briefings

Realizing the Right to Safe Water and Sanitation

Hearing Thursday, March 03, 2011 10 AM Room 2118 of the Rayburn House Office Building

This hearing will take place at 10 AM on 3/3/2011, in Room 2118 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
The hearing is open to members of Congress, congressional staff, the media and the interested public.

Thursday, March 03, 2011
10 AM
Room 2118 of the Rayburn House Office Building
Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing on the right to safe water and sanitation. According to the World Health Organization, 884 million people in the world—roughly 1/8 of the global population—do not have access to safe water. Moreover, 2.6 billion people do not have access to adequate sanitation, and 1.4 million children die every year as a result of water-borne diseases.

This hearing will explore the impact of recent UN resolutions declaring the right to safe drinking water and sanitation a universal human right. We will also examine the role of U.S. foreign policy with respect to water issues and prospects for achieving the Millennium Development Goals; the implementation of the Water for the Poor Law; and global challenges facing vulnerable people around the world regarding access to safe water and sanitation.

Panel I:
Dr. Aaron Salzberg, Special Coordinator for Water Resources, U.S. Department of State

Panel II:
Catarina de Albuquerque, UN Human Rights Council Independent Expert on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Related to Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation

Panel III:
Rev. William Schulz, President and CEO, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Rev. John McCullough, Executive Director and CEO, Church World Service
Dr. Katherine Bliss, Director, Project on Global Water Policy, Center for Strategic and International Studies
John Oldfield, Managing Director, WASH Advocacy Initiative

If you have any questions, please contact 202-225-8097

James P. McGovern, M.C.
Co-Chairman, TLHRC

Frank R. Wolf, M.C.
Co-Chairman, TLHRC

 

Contact the Commission

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
2170 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
United States of America

+1-202-225-3599
TLHRC@mail.house.gov

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