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Short on Time, Horse-Trading Starts

The Johannesburg Summit is going the way of all U.N. conferences -- fighting for survival as it goes down to the wire.

“The delegates are now reduced to the lowest point in their bargaining: horse-trading and arm twisting,” Remi Parmentier of Greenpeace International told Terra Viva.

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NGOs Divide in Unity March

It is official. The NGO contingent at the World Summit and Global Forum will split up for their unity march today.

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Diouf enraged NGO’s - EcoEquity Walks Out on Negotiations

The influential EcoEquity coalition, comprising the top six multinational non-governmental organisations, has walked away from official negotiations on trade and the implementation plans for the World Summit.

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Lost: Human Rights Perspective at WSSD

Mary Robinson, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, levelled sharp criticism at governments yesterday for downgrading human rights at the U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development.
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What Kind of World we Want? - James D. Wolfensohn

Last spring, the UN (Financing for Development) summit in Monterrey spurred poor countries to commit to improve their policies and governance in exchange for promises by rich countries to deliver more aid, and open their markets to trade.
This World Summit gives us the chance to put those words into action.
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Biodiversity Trust Starts Off with a Bang

The minute they opened shop the cash began pouring in.

Plant geneticists hoped the World Summit on Sustainable Development would be an ideal occasion to galvanise support for their venture – the creation of an international trust to safeguard the world’s varied food crops. And they apparently were right.

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U.N. Pushes GM Foods

The United Nations warned governments in southern Africa yesterday to “consider carefully severe and immediate consequences” of refusing food aid because it contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

The warning on behalf of the United Nations came in a statement during a press conference by FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf. It said with 13 million at risk of starvation, “their plight must weigh heavily in government decision-making.”

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