[ba-unrev-talk] Fwd: World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD): 22 new items
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>Content update - World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) on the
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>22 new resources have been added to World Summit on Sustainable
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>1. Fueling the Future An analysis of renewable energy supplies
>negotiations at the WSSD
>2. Water, NGOs and WSSD Success Interview with Charles Secrett, Executive
>Director of Friends of the Earth
>3. UN's view of what needs to be done in health to improve sustainable
>development
>4. Interview: Norway's Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Minister of International
>Development
>5. "The North-South Pact" -- EC President Prodi's Speech at the WSSD
>6. WSSD Draft of Political Declaration
>7. Statements from Heads of State and Governments at the WSSD
>8. World Leaders Warn of Dangereous Future if Summit Fails
>9. "Rio Did Not Work" - Interview with the Head of UNDP
>10. Human rights must be a guiding principle in sustainable development
>11. Struggling to Agree
>12. ActionAid report exposes damaging effects of subsidies
>13. UN University Report on International Sustainable Development Governance
>14. Sustainable Development Update
>15. World Summit: Lack of action on poverty -- A Taiwan News Editorial
>16. WSSD Political Declaration
>17. Global Development Plan A Flop, say Activists
>18. The environmentalist movement is dead
>19. Summit Targets, a Financial Times article
>20. DG Supachai underlines WTO's contribution to sustainable development
>21. UN Report Highlights Urgent Need to Address Damaging Trends in Development
>22. Water Security: a Preliminary Assessment of Policy Progress Since Rio
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>1. Fueling the Future An analysis of renewable energy supplies
>negotiations at the WSSD
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=250696&versio
>n_id=143901
>In this article written for Reason Magazine (28 Aug), Ronald Bailey, the
>author of Global Warming and Other Myths, asks what energy sources will
>fuel the 21st century. Arguing that the future of the world's energy
>supplies is a key issue in the WSSD agenda, Ronald ...
>Contributed by Helder Ferreira do Vale on 1 Sep 2002
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>2. Water, NGOs and WSSD Success Interview with Charles Secrett, Executive
>Director of Friends of the Earth
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=250705&versio
>n_id=143907
>In this Daily Summit interview (31 Aug), Charles Secrett, Executive
>Director of Friends of the Earth, England and Wales and Northern Ireland,
>reveals his views on the U.S. position on water and sanitation issues at
>the summit, the NGOs contributions to the summit ...
>Contributed by Helder Ferreira do Vale on 1 Sep 2002
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>3. UN's view of what needs to be done in health to improve sustainable
>development
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=250717&versio
>n_id=143922
>This UN report, prepared for the WSSD (Aug 2002), addresses the role of
>health in sustainable development. The report includes proposals for
>targeted actions in health, one of the five key areas of the WEHAB
>initiative - covering Water and sanitation, Energy, Health ...
>Contributed by Helder Ferreira do Vale on 1 Sep 2002
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>4. Interview: Norway's Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Minister of International
>Development
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=250720&versio
>n_id=143924
>In this interview (31 Aug), Hilde Frafjord Johnson explains Norways main
>concerns at the WSSD and describes one of the countrys roles in
>Johannesburg: Norway will try to play a role in bridging the gap that
>often is developed between the North and the South ...
>Contributed by Helder Ferreira do Vale on 1 Sep 2002
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>5. "The North-South Pact" -- EC President Prodi's Speech at the WSSD
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=250789&versio
>n_id=143967
>In this speech given at Johannesburg (2 Sep), President of the European
>Commission Romano Prodi stressed the importance of multilateral
>initiatives to reduce poverty and enhance environmental protection. Mr.
>Prodi discussed the main EU proposals at the WSSD and ...
>Contributed by Helder Ferreira do Vale on 2 Sep 2002
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>6. WSSD Draft of Political Declaration
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=250794&versio
>n_id=143969
>This draft of the WSSD political declaration was presented on September 2,
>2002, by the Summit's Chairman. This draft, the result of negotiations
>among government delegations, includes the plan of action to be embraced
>by all nations in order to enhance sustainable ...
>Contributed by Helder Ferreira do Vale on 2 Sep 2002
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>7. Statements from Heads of State and Governments at the WSSD
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=250797&versio
>n_id=143971
>This UN document summarizes the key points of the opening addresses and
>statements of heads of state and governments at the WSSD plenary session
>on September 2, 2002. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, opened the plenary
>session, and invited the world leaders to ...
>Contributed by Helder Ferreira do Vale on 2 Sep 2002
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>8. World Leaders Warn of Dangereous Future if Summit Fails
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=250806&versio
>n_id=143978
>This 2 September, 2002 BBC article discusses concerns raised at WSSD by
>world leaders, who warned of a dangerous future for the planet unless
>decisive action is taken to tackle poverty and protect the environment.
>Contributed by Ashish Kotamkar on 3 Sep 2002
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>9. "Rio Did Not Work" - Interview with the Head of UNDP
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=250892&versio
>n_id=144030
>In this Terraviva interview (2 Sep), Mark Malloch Brown, the head of the
>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), explains why the deal reached
>a the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro was not sufficient to enhance
>sustainable development. Mr. Brown suggests ...
>Contributed by Helder Ferreira do Vale on 3 Sep 2002
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>10. Human rights must be a guiding principle in sustainable development
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=250897&versio
>n_id=144032
>This recent news release from the Canadian-based organization Rights &
>Democracy condemns the exclusion of human rights issues from the draft of
>the WSSD final declaration and suggests that human rights should be a
>central principle for all new policies on world ...
>Contributed by Vanessa von Struensee on 3 Sep 2002
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>11. Struggling to Agree
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=250948&versio
>n_id=144066
>This article in The Economist (3 Sep) analyses the position of some of the
>WSSD delegations on key summit issues that will be included in the final
>summit text. The article explains the important role played by the
>business community throughout the summit and ...
>Contributed by Helder Ferreira do Vale on 3 Sep 2002
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>12. ActionAid report exposes damaging effects of subsidies
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=251146&versio
>n_id=144196
>In its report, "Farmgate: the developmental impact of agricultural
>subsidies", ActionAid uses examples from the wheat and sugar sectors to
>expose the double standards and damaging effect of subsidies. Case studies
>from Pakistan, Kenya, Indonesia, Nigeria and Swaziland ...
>Contributed by Tony Durham on 4 Sep 2002
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>13. UN University Report on International Sustainable Development Governance
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=251233&versio
>n_id=144250
>This UNU report summarizes the collaborative research of a group of
>scholars from around the globe. Their collective work identifies the gaps
>and weaknesses within the current system of international environmental
>governance and examines concrete proposals aimed ...
>Contributed by Joseph Burgo on 4 Sep 2002
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>14. Sustainable Development Update
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=251265&versio
>n_id=144270
>This is the special issue of the Sustainable Development Update
>newsletter focusing on the World Summit on Sustainable Development in
>Johannesburg and it also includes various articles such as on organic
>coffee, climate change etc... The Sustainable Development ...
>Contributed by Riva Eskinazi on 4 Sep 2002
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>15. World Summit: Lack of action on poverty -- A Taiwan News Editorial
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=251277&versio
>n_id=144280
>This Taiwan News editorial article (3 Sep) explains why environmental
>degradation will continue to worsen unless world leaders come up with a
>coherent poverty reduction strategy. According to the editorial, an action
>plan to promote environmental protection must ...
>Contributed by Helder Ferreira do Vale on 4 Sep 2002
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>16. WSSD Political Declaration
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=251290&versio
>n_id=144288
>This is the final text of the Political Declaration adopted on September
>4, 2002, by negotiators from 192 countries participating at the WSSD. The
>draft declaration includes many of the major themes debated throughout the
>process including each of the WEHAB themes ...
>Contributed by Helder Ferreira do Vale on 5 Sep 2002
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>17. Global Development Plan A Flop, say Activists
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=251429&versio
>n_id=144380
>This "Terraviva" article (4 Sep) presents different points of views of
>delegates from organizations such as Greenpeace, Oxfam International,
>Eurodad, Worldwatch Institute, Friends of the Earth International and
>World Resources Institute. Most of the criticism is ...
>Contributed by Helder Ferreira do Vale on 5 Sep 2002
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>18. The environmentalist movement is dead
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=251497&versio
>n_id=144424
>This opinion article in The Australian argues that the green movement is
>dying. The article compares the role played by green activists at the
>Earth Summit in Rio and at the WSSD. Ten years ago, at the Earth Summit in
>Brazil, green concerns were at the top of ...
>Contributed by Helder Ferreira do Vale on 5 Sep 2002
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>19. Summit Targets, a Financial Times article
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=251513&versio
>n_id=144434
>This brief article in the Financial Times (5 Sep) advises strong critics
>of the WSSD agreed targets not to underestimate the power of such targets.
>They are not merely vague summit wording, according to the article, but
>important guidelines for setting concrete ...
>Contributed by Helder Ferreira do Vale on 5 Sep 2002
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>20. DG Supachai underlines WTO's contribution to sustainable development
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=251539&versio
>n_id=144452
>Full text of the speech of the WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi
>at the High-Level Special Roundtable of the World Summit on Sustainable
>Development on 3 September 2002 in Johannesburg. In this speech Dr
>Supachai Panitchpakdi stressed that WTO's contribution ...
>Contributed by Todor Kolarov on 5 Sep 2002
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>21. UN Report Highlights Urgent Need to Address Damaging Trends in Development
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=251826&versio
>n_id=144633
>This UN report -- entitled "Global Challenge, Global Opportunity (Trends
>in Sustainable Development" -- calls on world governments to greatly
>increase their efforts in support of sustainable development, to better
>manage resources in a rapidly developing world. ...
>Contributed by Joseph Burgo on 6 Sep 2002
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>22. Water Security: a Preliminary Assessment of Policy Progress Since Rio
>http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-detail?item_id=251849&versio
>n_id=144647
>This 2001 report (pdf) was released by Unesco's World Water Assessment
>Program as a contribution to the International Conference on Freshwater
>held in Bonn (December 2001), and was also intended to contribute to both
>the WSSD and 3d World Water forum. It reviews ...
>Contributed by Joseph Burgo on 6 Sep 2002 (01)
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