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For the U.N., Talk is Not Cheap

Gab-fest a money-spinner for Joburg

The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) is costing over three times the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

The Rio Summit, described as the largest gathering of world leaders at the time, cost about 15 million dollars -- and change. But the price for WSSD is being put at between 50 and 55 million dollars -- and counting. And the biggest chunk of the bill is being paid by a developing country - host, South Africa. .

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Walk Out Averted! Civil Society and U.N. Reach Truce over Sandton Access

The United Nations and representatives from more than 12,000 registered NGO and civil society groups, reached a peace accord late yesterday, averting a potentially embarrassing NGO boycott of the official negotiations over access to the Sandton Convention Centre.

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Delegate Lock-Out - It Could Happen

WSSD Bursting at the Seams

The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) is not only making history, but is also in danger of bursting at its seams.

UN Spokeswoman Sue Markham told reporters that as of yesterday the total head count had reached over 15,800 and rising. The participants include delegates, representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the media.

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Ecocity – Sustainable Development at Work

Delegates to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Sandton, Johannesburg, have been bemused by how decidedly un-African this part of the city looks. Shiny, glass structures and the surrounding mink and manure belt could mean they are in any wealthy country in the world.
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ECA Makes a Stand for GM Crops

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is set to throw the cat among the genetically modified crops.
The ECA says that new and emerging technologies -- including genetically modified crops -- can help Africa increase its levels of sustainable development by preventing disease and improving food security.
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Living Dangerously

Gro Harlem Brundtland

The world is living dangerously, either because it has little choice or because it is making wrong choices. On the one side are the millions who are dangerously short of the food, water and security they need to live. On the other side are the millions who suffer because they use too much. All of them face high risks of ill-health.

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Bush’s Agenda in Johannesburg

US Secretary of State Colin Powell will have a tough job in Johannesburg. Powell must provide public relations and “spin” on US President George Bush’s continued “go-it-alone” disdain for multilateral cooperation. Bush’s stance is rooted in the laissez faire ideology of his corporate supporters, the fundamentalist, right wing of his party and the “rugged individualism” philosophy of the US “wild west”.

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