Water Wheel July/August 2020

Abstract

The launch of the Human Right 2 water, a global nongovernmental organisation (NGO) could not have happened at a more opportune time. As the world grapples with the impact of the Corona pandemic, the protection of the right to life and health have never been more important. The leadership team is Water Research Commission (WRC) CEO, Dhesigen Naidoo, as President, with former Waterlex Executive Director, Amanda Loeffen as CEO and Michel Jarraud, former Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), as chair of the Committee of Experts. “ The global Covid-19 pandemic has brought the world to a pause point forcing us to relook the fundamentals,” noted Naidoo. “It has emphasised the criticality of water to deal with the immense challenge both in containment as well as treatment and recovery. There is a strong need for a humancentred strategy, the core of which has to be a human rightsbased approach.

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