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Most serious issue people of the Pacific island nations are facing today is scarcity of water and energy. Shortage of safe drinking water is harming the planned growth of developing nations and is also causing conflicts on many parts of the world. The Saga Water Forum was held for two days of March 14 and 15 to address the predicament of the Pacific island nations. Advanced desalination technology owned by IOES, Saga University, which utilizes only renewable natural energy for the plant operation, received the highest interest and admiration by top officials and researchers from15 nations and regions.
The Saga Declaration signed by the top officials of the Pacific island nations was presented at the 3rd World Water Forum held in Kyoto on March 22. Excessive reliance on fossil fuel like oil is undermining the earth in the form of global warming and it is the Pacific island nations who are suffering most heavily from rising seawater level.
What can we do for sustainable development of our life? Speech made by President Remengesau, Jr. of the Republic of Palau goes as follows: Water issue is now the global issue. According to the U.N. reports, some 40% of the world total population is suffering from strong stress due to scarcity of water. It is also reported that half of wetland has already been lost and that countless numbers of wild animals had been extinguished from the earth. Water shortage is causing political unstableness and conflicts on many parts of the world. Contagious disease transmitted by unhygienic water and draughts are taking lives of many people. It is the hope of the human race in the 21st century to establish means and ways for betterment of the environmental circumstances. Without plentiful supply of water we can attain neither economic progress nor adequate social development. My country is renown for its beauty and island mystique. Many people visit us looking for their idea of "paradise". Our economy is heavily relying on tourism industry and therefore, to protect our natural beauty is to maintain our life. As the global warming is affecting the environment, it is necessary for us to go for sustainable development by switching source of energy from fossil fuel to renewable natural energy. We island nations are also in urgent need to solve problems of chronicle shortage of safe fresh water. We want to know about the latest technology on water and energy and want to get cooperation from the developed nations. For this, we the Pacific island nations must strengthen our cooperation to appeal the world the necessity of sustainable development. Let us work together for building up of the bright future.

Current state in the Pacific island nations:
The Saga Declaration, which looks for the new society standing on sustainable development based on eco-friendly natural energy, was signed by the heads of 8 nations, all of them in the Pacific Ocean. Their common problem at the moment is that they do not have a capacity to supply adequately safe and fresh water to farmers and to people living in the far remote small islands. Rainfalls in some of the small islands fairly much, but the landscape of such small islands is mostly sloped sharply to cause quick flowing out of the rain into sea. Very scarce water storage in these islands.
The delegation from the Cook Islands said that tourism industry sits in the core of their economy, thanks to magnificent scenic view of the ocean. They have been pumping-up ground water for visiting tourists and this reliance on ground water for so many years has started to raise density of salt in the underground. And they face today almost upper limit to utilize ground water.
The delegation from the Marshall Islands expressed their great hope with the desalination technology patented by IOES, Saga University, for they believe the OTEC technology would very possibly solve the issue of water and energy at a stroke. But they were questioning themselves how to do with distribution system to many dotted small islands in the vast Pacific ocean of their territory.
The Federation of Micronesia consists of a lot of small islands, whose inhabitants number at around 10,000 to 100,000, and does not have many qualified engineers who could cope with the advanced technology. They are therefore hoping very much that they would get assistance not only of the finance but also of technical training of their staff.