A final NGO Major Group Statement to Ministerial Conference was signed by 60 organisations and labour groups. Together with other Major Group statements (Gender, Youth, Industry) it forms an attachment to the Ministerial Declaration of the Hague on Water Security.

The outcomes of the two NGO session have been published as a report "Perspectives on Freshwater: Issues and recommendations of NGOs" (pdf file) or to obtain a hard copy from UNED Forum contact: [email protected].

The papers presented during the NGO workshops are available below:

Themes	NGO Workshop Papers
Integrated Water Resource Management	NGO Vision paper (BothENDS) River Water Use in Uganda ( NAPE)
Water as a Social and Economic Good	Water Valuation, Investment and Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Private Sector Participation in the Water Sector (IIED)
Water and Agriculture	Integrated River Basins Management: Peasants Vision from River Cauvery Basin, Tamil Nadu, India (Kudumbam) The Effects of International Trade on Food Security: A Zimbabwe Case Study Report: Summary of Findings (CIIR)
Hazards	Water Resources pollution sources, identification in Donbass Region, Ukraine (ECOTE)
Water as a basic need	Water Law, Water Rights and Water Supply and Sanitation for the Poor (Peter Howsam) Human rights and the right to water and sanitation (WaterAid) Customary Law and Traditional Water Management (Green Cross Burkina Faso)
Institutions, governance and public participation	Institutions, Governance and Participation (WaterAid) Governance of Water at the Catchment Level (WHAT) Governance & Participation in Water Users Associations, Nepal (Mountain Resource Management Group)