¹ R. Laifungbam, 2003, “The Human Right to Water: Necessity for Action and Discourse,” Jubileesouth, http//http://www.subileesouth.org/news/EpZyVVIyFygMevRBey.shtml.

² E. Turk and M. Krajewski, 2003, “The Right to Water and Trade in Services: Assessing the Impact of GATS Negotiations on Water Regulation,” CAT+E Conference “Moving Forward from Cancun,” Berlin.

³ United Nations Development Programme, 1998, “Integrating Human Rights with Sustainable Human Development.”

⁴ Laifungbam, 2003, “The Human Right to Water.”

⁵ Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development, 1992, International Conference on Water and the Environment, Dublin.

⁶ Millennium Declaration, 2000, Millennium Summit of the United Nations, New York.

⁷ The Johannesburg Declaration, 2002, World Summit on Sustainable Development, September.

⁸ World Health Organization, 2003, “Right to Water,” Health and Human Rights Publication Series No.3, http//http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/rtwrew.pdf.

⁹ These four articles were based on an interdisciplinary study conducted in the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) between 2002 and 2003 by an interdisciplinary team, directed by Jorge Marcos and the collaborating authors.

¹⁰ Part II includes the contribution of foreign scholars. John-Andrew McNeish is faculty at the University of Bergen; Nina Laurie is affiliated with the University of Newcastle; Franck Poupeau is a member of the Centre de Sociologie Européenne; and Pablo Regalsky, Argentinean, is the coordinator of the Graduate Program Territorio e Interculturalidad, CESU-UMSS, Cochabamba.