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news about the wto meeting in hong
kong
hong kong wto ministerial 13-18
December
invitation to events & activities and
contact list
Friends of the Earth International
Trade Environment and Sustainability
Campaign
WTO Hands Off: Our Natural Environment
At the bi-annual ministerial conference
the WTO will seek agreement to advance and
conclude the current Doha Round of trade
negotiations.
Effectively, all publicly owned
natural resources
are on the
negotiating table:
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forestry,
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fisheries,
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agriculture,
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biodiversity,
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water
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and energy.
Local communities in the developing world,
predominantly women who farm and fish and
indigenous peoples who have over generations
created sustainable societies in harmony with
nature, will all
lose out
,
and local economies will be destroyed.
huge protests at peoples' week of action
on wto
15th October 2005
More than 3,000 trade activists met in
front of WTO headquarters in
Geneva
on October 15th to
open the week long activities centered upon
the WTO General Council Meeting.
image courtesy of
joseph sycip
After a brief program that featured fiery
speeches from European, Latin American and
Asian activists, the crowd of trade
unionists, farmers and NGOs proceeded to
march along Lake Geneva singing songs,
shouting slogans and carrying banners against
the WTO and its agenda of corporate
globalization.
Tune in to Radio Mundo Real -
www.realworldradio.fm
and check out our
WTO
website
to find out our news and
views.
Friends of the Earth Europe’s “WTO: Hands
off our Natural Environment”
pocket leaflet
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