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Water CP 1NC

__Counterplan Text:__

The European Union should fully fund all possible initiatives which could be supported by the US Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005. The European Union should also set up all necessary parallel programs as described in this Act, provide all necessary infrastructure, acquire all necessary technology, and provide necessary funding in order to ensure that these parallel programs are identical to those designated in the Act. The European Union should facilitate cooperation and information sharing in all possible ways with the United States and any other relevant actors as described in the Act in order to ensure its effectiveness. We’ll clarify.

Observation One Solvency:

1. The EU empirically funds water sanitation programs in Africa.
 * __European Union Development Policy__**, Message from Commissioner Louis Michel, 20**__06__**. [Krishnamurthy]

Water and sanitation are priority areas for EU assistance. The Africa-EU Partnership on water affairs and sanitation, launched at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002) in the context of the EU Water Initiative is the framework for EU efforts to make more sustainable use of available and finite water resources, to meet basic water and sanitation needs and contribute to improving water resources management at local, river basin, national and transboundary levels.