Ini juga informasi yang saya dapat dari HIRA. D.G berasal dari Scotty Jonson. Saya persembahkan ke milis kuli tinta. Alif > > >---------- >From: Scotty Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: (Bt Crops - Moratorium for WTO) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: WTO - Special Edition UPDATES >Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 8:10 AM > >>From GREEN (GrassRoots Environmental Effectiveness Network >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >WTO - Special Edition UPDATES > > 1. WTO - A HUGE SUCCESS FOR DEMOCRACY! > 2. GREEN DELIVERS Bt PETITION TO TRADE > MINISTERS > 3. FARM BUREAU AND THE WTO > 4. FARM BUREAU INVENTS WTO OUTCOME? > 5. �YOU SAY A LOT, YOU SAY A LITTLE� , Dean > Kleckner, President AFBF > >************************************************************************** >GREEN GrassRoots Environmental Effectiveness Network is a >project of Defenders of Wildlife designed to serve grassroots >wildlife and wilderness advocates. GREEN policy positions do not >necessarily represent those of Defenders of Wildlife. > >If you would like to subscribe to this list, send a reply to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >*************************************************************** > >1. SEATTLE - A HUGE SUCCESS FOR DEMOCRACY! > >After a week of meetings in Seattle, the World Trade Organization >ministers failed to launch another round of global trade agreements. >Charlene Barshevsky, spokesperson for the ministerial said talks >will resume next year. Meanwhile, it has been a huge victory for a >broad alliance of people concerned that global trade rules made in >secrecy were lowering protections for labor, human rights, >environment and diminishing the prospects of free markets. > >Steven Pearlstein, reporting in the International Herald Tribune said, >�The trade debate, once the province of a tight group of >technocrats, business leaders, trade lawyers and academics, has >now spilled out onto the public streets and private living rooms. It >takes in farmers and feminists, defenders of butterflies and Tibetan >monks, rightwing nationalists and leftwing anarchists.� > >Pearlstein went on to say, �It is no longer a debate about trade at >all, but rather a debate about globalization, a process that many >now understand affects not only traditional economic factors such >as jobs and incomes but also the food people eat, the air they >breathe, the quality of medical care and the social and cultural >milieu in which they live.� > > >2. GREEN DELIVERS Bt PETITION TO TRADE MINISTERS > >On Tuesday, November 30 a representative from GREEN >(GrassRoots Environmental Effectiveness Network) delivered a >petition to 250 trade ministers, and administrative officials attending >the Seattle WTO ministerial. This petition, signed by over 200 >groups from 19 different countries, 42 states and 5 Canadian >provinces called for a halt in the trade of bio-engineered Bt (Bacillus >Thuringiensus) crops. > >This petition called on the trade ministers to protect organic >farming methods and biodiversity by halting the proliferation of Bt >crops until the effects of these are better understood by science. >The letter pointed out to the trade ministers that these protections >could be achieved by invoking the precautionary principle, a >protection embedded in several currently active international >treaties. > >The precautionary principle, akin to a doctor's Hippocratic oath, >implies, "First, do no harm." GREEN's Bt petition pointed >out that great scientific uncertainty surrounds bio-engineered Bt >crops. With this uncertainty comes immense potential "harm" to >diversity and organic production methods. > >To view the letter go to the GREEN website at: >http://www.defenders.org/grnhome.html > > > >3. FARM BUREAU AND THE WTO > >At the WTO ministerial in Seattle, the American Farm Bureau >Federation (AFBF) once again showed their true corporate >agribusiness colors. The Farm Bureau, self proclaimed �Voice of >American Agriculture� had a strong presence in Seattle. >In fact, Farm Bureau President Dean Kleckner presented the key >note address at the WTO ministerial�s agricultural forum December >1st. > >According to the Farm Bureau web site, during the speech, >Kleckner spoke about the need for more free, open markets. "For >farmers,� Kleckner said, �we must create a system that prohibits >barriers and restrictions that distort world markets and send false >production signals.� > >While one might marvel that these words came from the president >of an organization that recently helped defeat a proposal by Sen. >Paul Wellstone to study the effects of agribusiness mergers on >open markets, Kleckner did not stop there. The story reported that >�Kleckner said the inclusion of labor and environmental provisions >would thwart progress toward true trade reform.� > >View the story on the AFBF web site at: >{ GOTOBUTTON BM_1_ <http://www.fbatwto.org/daytwo.html}> > > >4. FARM BUREAU INVENTS WTO OUTCOME? > >Currently, the Farm Bureau web page is �spinning� a reality that >few share. According to a recent Farm Bureau radio report >disseminated to hundreds of agricultural radio stations around the >nation, �an agreement appears to have been reached at the WTO >meeting in Seattle to work toward progressive elimination of farm >export subsidies�. This statement, made by Stuart Truelson, the >voice of Farm Bureau radio, defies just about every consensus >opinion on what occurred during agricultural talks at the Seattle >WTO. In fact, most observers agree that it was the US and the >EU�s inability to decide on the subject of �export subsidies� that >actually resulted in the failure of the WTO. > > >5. �YOU SAY A LOT, YOU SAY A LITTLE�, Dean Kleckner, >President AFBF > >In one of his more confusing comments, Dean Kleckner, American >Farm Bureau President, commenting this week in a Farm Bureau >radio broadcast, made a statement regarding a push by consumer, >farming and conservation organizations to require labeling of >genetically manipulated organisms. In a statement that would defy >gramatical analysis, Kleckner said, �GMO was high on >everybody�s agenda. It is the toughest area facing agriculture >today in the world. Labeling or not labeling, voluntary of not >voluntary. If you label what does a label say? You say a lot, you >say a little. Nobody is going to be satisfied with whatever you do.� > >View this script on the Farm Bureau website at: ><http://www.fb.com/news/newsline/nl99/nl1203.html> > > > > >Scotty Johnson >GREEN (GrassRoots Environmental Effectiveness Network >Rural Outreach Co-ordinator >520 623-9653 >---------- > -= Dual T3 Webhosting on Dual Pentium III 450 - www.indoglobal.com =- Untuk bergabung atau keluar dari Milis, silakan LAKUKAN SENDIRI dengan mengirim e-mail kosong ke alamat; Bergabung: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keluar: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sambut MASA DEPAN BARU Indonesia!
