Senate approved a draft agreement on that line, introduced by Sen. Alejandro Navarro, Pedro Muñoz, and Jaime Quintana }
With the unanimous vote of the senators present in the Chamber, the Senate asked the President of the Republic incorporated in policies related to management and conservation of water resources all the recommendations of the UN and its agencies and the international commitments made by Chile in this area.
This, to approve a draft agreement submitted by Senators Alejandro Navarro, Pedro Muñoz, and Jaime Quintana, which requested the President to instruct the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Education, Public Works and Environment take action on that line.
also agreed to mandate the Commissions of Human Rights and Environment and National Assets in the course of its regular sessions, incorporating the theme installed and associated growing debate in the scientific community, health and international policy for moving towards legislation and practice providing access to potable water as a human right.
The authors of the initiative point out that "in recent years, Chilean parliamentarians from various political sectors have filed legal motions seeking to guarantee a minimum subsistence consumption of drinking water and to establish that judicial authorization is required prior to cut water, that would extend the term should give an undertaking before sending the notice of court and legislate for companies to accept partial payments of the accounts, to a point reasonable ".
add that in 1992 led to the proposal to establish a World Water Day aims to invite countries to undertake activities related to conservation and development of water resources, appealing to the start implementation of the recommendations contained in international agreements.
also argue that the UN spent World Water Day 2010 at the quality of water in order to demonstrate that the management of water resources of that resource quality is as important as quantity.
to this is that according to UNESCO, some 884 million people, mostly in Africa, lack access to safe water and 1.5 million children under 5 die each year from infectious diseases transmitted through water.
Note: The initiative is good, the Senate passed unanimously, now open to wait for application to different government policies is the hardest.
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