Ecobreves – EL SALVADOR: Wanted: Commitment to Water

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SAN SALVADOR, Mar 17 2003 (IPS) - – Environmental organizations in El Salvador are asking legislative candidates to sign a pledge to resolve the country's water supply problems without harming the environment and with the participation of civil society. The activists urge the candidates in the Mar 16 elections to sign the Water and Environment Initiative, a promise to work on behalf of these two areas, according to the non-governmental Salvadoran Ecological Union.

The legislative actions of the elected officials with regard to natural resources will be tracked by the environmental groups