States Still Face Shortfalls, Spend on Bottled Water BOSTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Since being designated by the United Nations in 1992, World Water Day has been anything but a Hallmark holiday.

UN Report, World Leaders, Water Experts Call for Immediate Action to End Water Shortage ISTANBUL, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- A record-breaking 28,000 attendees, including three princes: Prince Albert II of Monaco, His Imperial Highness Naruhito, The Crown Prince of Japan, and Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange-Nassau; three presidents; five prime ministers; 90 ministers; 63 mayors; delegates from 156 countries and 148 parliamentarians are gathering together this week in Istanbul, Turkey to discuss and develop solutions regarding one thing human beings cannot live without: water.

ISTANBUL, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The 5th World Water Forum, held triennially as the world's largest water event, to be organized in Istanbul, Turkey March 16-22, has begun with the opening ceremony with participants from 192 countries, including three princes, three presidents, five prime ministers, over 90 ministers, 63 mayors and more than 23,000 attendees.

The 5th World Water Forum kicked off on Monday in Istanbul, Turkey to discuss the current and future state of the Earth’s water supply.

WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wenonah Hauter of Food & Water Watch, an international consumer advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., along with Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians and the Blue Planet Project and representatives of the Latin American network Red VIDA and the Asian organization Focus on the Global South, will be available to speak to the media by telephone on Wednesday, March 11 about their plans to protest the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul.