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COP8/MOP3: bijna arrestatie
nina - 16.03.2006 02:39

Op de 3e dag van MOP3 van het Biosafety Protocol in Curitiba, Brazilie, is een delegatie van ´slachtoffers van Agribusiness´ bijna gearresteerd. Een uur voordat deze delegatie, bestaande uit mensen uit Argentinie, Paraguay en Mexico een presentatie zal geven over het geweld en intoxicaties die gepaard gaan met de teelt van GM soja in hun landen, vonden er een aantal interviews plaats met leden van de delegatie.

Op het moment dat Sofia Gatica uit Cordoba, Argentinie, de plattegrond van haar wijk laat zien waarop ingetekend staat hoeveel gevallen van kanker en andere ziektes er voorkomen, ontstaat er veel interesse niet alleen van de journalisten maar ook van andere voorbijgangers. Op dat moment komt bewaking aanlopen die Sofia vraagt om haar paspoort. Haar wordt gevraagd met wie ze is, waarna de hele groep gecontroleerd wordt als ´veiligheidsmaatregel´. Een aantal mensen hebben wel een id bij zich, maar niet het papier waarop staat op welke dag ze het land binnen gekomen zijn. Deze mensen wordt gedreigd dat ze illegaal in het land verblijven. Op dat moment zijn anderen gewaarschuwd, die polshoogte komen nemen. Er wordt contact opgenomen met de organisatie van de CBD.
Het hoofd van de Argentijnse delegatie, Alejandra Sarcis, wordt door de groep aangeschoten en gezegd dat als ze niks doet er in Argentinie een schandaal van wordt gemaakt. Ondertussen gaat de intimidatie door, is de groep ingesloten door federale politie en bewaking, en Sofia moet haar plattegrond weghalen.
Alles loopt (natuurlijk) met een sisser af als de baas van de CBD zich ermee bemoeit en er excuses worden aangeboden. Het was allemaal wel heel toevallig.

Er is ook meer info over het illegale proefveld van 12(!) hectare van Syngenta, pal naast het natuurpark Iguacu, in de officieel gentechvrije staat Parana.
1000 MST aktivisten hebben het veld bezet, dat zich bevindt in Santa Teresa do Oeste. Overheidsinstantie IBAMA heeft de illegale aanplanting bevestigd. Zij inspecteerden de plek na beschuldigingen van MST en Terra de Direitos. Iguacu is een UNESCO World Heritage Site, wereldberoemd om z´n watervallen. Er is geconstateerd dat sprake is van een milieumisdaad, omdat het planten van transgene soja verboden is in beschermde natuurgebieden en grenszones.
Via Campesina (MST) eist:
- Onmiddelijk verbod en beeindiging van aktiviteiten van Syngenta in de regio
- Vervolging van Syngenta en haar directeuren
- Vervolging van leden van het National Technical Commission for Biosecurity die deze illegale aanplanting goedkeurden
- Stricte supervisie door IBAMA van Iguacu National Park
Monsanto was al eerder door IBAMA vervolgd voor het houden van illegale proefvelden in Brazilie, in Rolandia en Ponta Grossa. Hiervoor kreeg het bedrijf een boete van 1 miljoen dollar. In 2003, Monsanto eiste gevangenisstraf voor een MST aktivist die een illegaal proefveld bezet hield in Ponta Grossa.

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Ontbreken Afrikaanse delegaties 
wdl@xminy.nl - 16.03.2006 17:24


GM WATCH daily
 http://www.gmwatch.org
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While the well-heeled NZ delegates sabotage the Biosafety Protocol on behalf of their American masters, many African delegates cannot even afford to be at these vital negotiations.

Are these NZ's delegates?
Ms. Jane Coombs
Ms. Sarah Wynn-Williams
NZ ministers contact details at end.

EXCERPT: "Some [African delegates] may arrive next week as there was more money pledged for biodiversity - which developed countries have an interest in. By then the important decisions on GMO labelling will have been made."
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Africans missing at key biosafety talks
Rod Harbinson
PANOS, 16 March 2006
 http://www.panos.org.uk/global/cbd2006_summit1.asp

Many Africans delegates, too poor to travel, have failed to turn up at a key international meeting in Brazil aimed at protecting our natural environment from Genetically Modified Organisms.

Experts warn that lack of participation may have grave implications for all developing countries, and their taxpayers.

CURITIBA - Many African countries are absent from the international Biosafety Protocol meeting in Brazil because they cannot afford to send their delegates to it, with major implications for the meeting's outcome for all developing countries.

"There just weren't enough [financial] pledges in" from developed donor countries, said a delegate from Namibia who wished to remain anonymous. "There were more [pledges] on Sunday but... it was too late."

"I have not seen my fellow delegates from Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Swaziland or Morocco," he added.

The meeting, which began on Monday, is the third of countries that are parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, a global agreement that seeks to protect biological diversity from the potential risks posed by genetic engineering.

The gathering will be followed by a larger and equally significant meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) from 20 to 31 March.

But developed countries have failed to stump up the cash in time to ensure full participation by developing countries, although they are expected to do so under article 28 of the Biosafety Protocol.

Ensuring a full house is considered necessary under the Protocol for the consensus decision-making process to receive adequate credence.

However, eminent Ethiopian environmental scientist and leader of the African group, Tewolde Egziabher, said: "Quite a few of the African group haven't turned up."

In an urgent letter to donors and developed countries on 3 March, Ahmed Djoghlaf, head of the CBD Secretariat, expressed "concerns about the lack of adequate financial resources for the participation of all developing countries" to CBD meetings. At the time just over half the expected money had come in leaving a $350,000 shortfall.

A number of participants warned that slow disbursement of funds from donor countries could influence the proceedings in Curitiba: "Some may arrive next week as there was more money pledged for biodiversity - which developed countries have an interest in," said one delegate.

"By then the important decisions on GMO labelling will have been made."

The Liability and Redress Working Group is a case in point with delegates from Venezuela, Cameroon and Ethiopia highlighting poor attendance leading to a stalled timetable towards progress on this tricky topic. Speaking at the plenary session on Tuesday, they complained about the lack of funding under article 28 - a point that was noted by Malaysia's Fatima Raya Nasron, who presided over the session.

Who is liable for harmful GM contamination, should it arise, and who should pick up the bill for potentially costly compensation are issues that remain contentious at negotiations on the Protocol.

The funding issue has also led participants to speculate about wider implications of the costs involved for full implementation of all the provisions of the Protocol. Building the capacities of developing countries for labelling, packaging, testing, policing and a host of other issues will need to be paid for.

Governments promoting GM have fought hard to avoid responsibility for these extra costs. They argue instead that if importers are concerned about GM material entering their country they should be prepared to pay for that information. With the GM industry also refusing to pick up the tab, some delegates said it appears likely that the cost will have to be borne by developing country taxpayers.

Another controversial topic that could figure in the CBD meeting is the current de-facto moratorium on what is commonly known as "Terminator Technology". This GM technique is designed to make seeds infertile after their first harvest to prevent sharing and re-use by farmers.

As many farmers in developing countries depend on seed sharing, it could potentially have a major long-term impact on their livelihoods. There are also safety implications should the terminator genes spread into the natural environment and render other plants infertile.

This article is free to all media to reproduce with appropriate credits to the journalist and Panos London (please notify  media@panos.org.uk)
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intimidatie gaat door 
nina - 16.03.2006 17:59

Ook vandaag was het weer mis. Iemand liet ons weten dat als Jorge Galeano of Javiera Rulli in de conferentie zouden zijn zonder het papier waarop staat welke dag ze Brazilie binnen zijn gekomen, ze zonder pardon het land zouden worden uitgezet. Beiden konden nu het papier tonen, maar Jorge werd apart genomen, terwijl gisteren al duidelijk werd gemaakt dat de Braziliaanse wetten hierbinnen niet gelden.
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