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Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 20:30:26 -0700
From: Carol D. McRoberts <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [WASAN] Fw: [women-csd] Earth summit 'depends on heads of state'
FYI
> Earth summit 'depends on heads of state'
> By John Mason, Food and Rural Affairs Correspondent
> Financial Times; Aug 14, 2002
>
>
> The personal commitment of heads of state, rather than of cabinet
ministers,
> will be critical to the outcome of the summit on sustainable development
in
> Johannesburg this month, Nitin Desai, chief organiser of the United
Nations
> meeting, said yesterday.
>
> The success of the summit, which some fear could fail because of deep
> political divisions over its wide-ranging agenda, will be judged on
whether
> it increases pressure on governments and corporations to take more action
> over the international development and environment agendas, said Nitin
> Desai.
>
> Mr Desai told the FT yesterday that one severe weakness of the Rio summit
10
> years ago was its reliance on environment ministers, rather than heads of
> state, to implement agreements.
>
> Even so, Mr Desai was non-committal on speculation that President George
W.
> Bush would not attend the summit. "The US has yet to announce its
delegation
> and so it is best to wait and see. However, if he were to come it would be
a
> very welcome bonus."
>
> The summit, from August 26 to September 4, will attempt to reach agreement
> on issues as diverse as the role of globalisation to the increased use of
> renewable energy sources and desertification. The ambitious range of the
> agenda and divisions between rich and poor countries over trade-and-aid
> policies have already generated doubt about whether the summit can deliver
> results.
>
> Preparatory conferences failed to agree a final agenda, leaving continuing
> argument over issues such as the subsidy regimes of the US and European
> Union and levels of development aid.
>
> In preparation, the UN published a report yesterday on issues to be
> discussed, including water shortages affecting 40 per cent of the world's
> population and rising sea levels. Mr Desai rejected suggestions that the
US
> would try to weaken any agreements reached - a fear voiced by
> non-governmental organisations and some governments.
>
>
>
>
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Africa, Sept. 2002).
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