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The official activity of the Symposium began on 22 August 2005 from a plenary session. Ms Lena Sommestad, Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Sweden, launched the Water Week. In her speech, she emphasized that for solving the current global and regional water stress and deficit it is necessary to develop the democracy and public cooperation. The new Swedish water strategy states that everybody should have courage to manage his life, regarding water with care. International development organizations are not now able to solve problems without everybody’s contribution. Line of behavior and priorities in countries that are given international assistance for water sector should be determined through broad participation of population, but not by politicians. There is no place for options like “business as usual” any more.
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