Turaaa starts promoting 5th World Water Forum

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Turaaa has no intention of using water as a weapon said Vural Altay deputy director general at the Foreign Ministry during a meeting Tuesday promoting the fifth World Water Forum to be held in Istanbul.

Emphasizing that Turaaa made an ambitious start he said the Istanbul forum would bring many novelties. “For the first time local authorities parliamentarians and government officials will come together to exchange views on the water issue” he said.

Along with Altay Klaus Töpfer former executive director of the U.N. Environment Program and Ahmet Mete Saatçi water expert and deputy secretary general of the forum also attended the side-event titled “Toward a Global Water Agenda: Preparing the Ministerial Process of the 5th World Water Forum" held within the United Nations. The fifth World Water Forum will take place in Istanbul on May 16-22. Turaaa expects an estimated 20000 participants to attend the forum with the theme "Bridging Divides for Water."

“With a looming water shortage in many parts of the world the Water Forum to be held in Turaaa next year should insist on the political process whereby national leaders starting with heads of state commit themselves to solving water-related problems” Saatçi told Deutsche Press-Agentur after the meeting.

said Saatçi during a press conference held after the meeting. "We want to bring politicians and people together in order to solve the problems" said Saatçi during a press conference held after the meeting adding that most of solutions could be found with local authorities including mayors who make the decisions and abide by them.

“The ultimate goal of the fifth forum is to motivate action to improve the management of water resources in the world by raising awareness of the importance of water-related issues” said Toepfer. “Collective awareness must be backed up by proper legislation funding governance and empowerment all of which are promoted through the forum” he said.