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Key International
Meetings
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Earth
Dialogues--Lyons, France, February 21-23, 2002
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Earth Dialogues were strategically timed to precede the
International Conference on Financing for Development, that were held
in Monterrey in March 2002, and the World Summit on Sustainable
Development, which was held in Johannesburg in September 2002.
The Earth Dialogues examined key issues related to the ethical
challenges of global responsibility, rights and social justice as
related to [the Earth
Charter and] sustainable development, and propose concrete
measures to ensure that the benefits of globalisation were more
equitably shared throughout the world. Read
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Special
Report of Conference--Call for
Globalization of Ethics "We must globalise a
code of ethics and principles such as the ones contained in the
Earth Charter to make globalization work for sustainable
development"...
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Roundtable
Reports; Key Recommendations:
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of Millennium Declaration and
Agenda 21
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for international taxes to finance
agreed initiatives
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a Tobin (Summers) tax, air travel
tax, other international taxing authority
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WTO, WB and IMF under UN system of law
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Commission with NGOs to devise coherence
mechanism
Redefine the WTO’s mandate towards sustainable development
(away from mercantilist approach)
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of global environmental
organization
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International
Conference on Financing for Development--Monterrey,
Mexico March 18-22, 2002
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International Conference on Financing for Development will focus
on creating a standard accounting system for the world that will
be used by all governments and corporations to make their
activities more transparent to international inspection, the
creation of Economic Regions, global taxation, and UN supervision
of financial regulations.
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The
Monterrey Consensus on Goals
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Statement
by the U.S. pledging
an additional $5 billion in aid.
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Press
Conference excerpts, 03/21/02:
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Mr.
Wolfensohn (President World Bank) said there was now a unity
of purpose between the leaders of the developed and the
developing countries. What was coming out in the consensus was
that the partnership was not only recognized, but also
that they would act on it in the areas of capacity-building,
trade and increased development assistance, with each side
bearing its responsibilities." (i.e.
there is agreement on the restructuring of the global
financial system between the NGO, corporate and governmental
partnerships)…
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There
was still a large gap between the pledges by the United
States and the European Union and the money required,
another correspondent said. How would the rest be obtained?
Mr. Annan replied that, apart from the money given, the
acceptance that aid was necessary, and the realization by the
public that it was in the common interest to help the poor,
would maintain pressure on politicians to keep assisting the
developing nations." (i.e.
they need a global tax)…
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Asked
what standards a country needed to fit to receive
assistance, Mr. Wolfensohn said that both the donor and
recipient countries had agreed on the standards. They
included working legal and financial systems…" (i.e. the new financial structures giving the global elite control
over the worlds financial system are agreed to--see our video
Towards Global Financial Control for specific information).
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International
Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey Critical
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agreement that unlocks resources for development at the
International Conference on Financing for Development in
Monterrey, Mexico, from 18 to 22 March, would be a major
stepping-stone to launching positive initiatives at the
World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg this
August.…
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Financing for Development conference brings the United
Nations together with the International Monetary Fund, the
World Bank and the World Trade Organization, and with
representatives of civil society and business, [i.e.
partnerships] in search of creative solutions to development
finance problems.
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Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette observed
that this is the first time that countries are exclusively
tackling resource issues. Noting that the UN conferences
of the last decade had had a major impact, she was hopeful
that Monterrey would make a big difference in mobilizing
resources through a number of means, such as increasing
official development assistance and levels of foreign direct
investment in developing countries.
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(Read
earlier UN Report on this issue)
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(Read
January 2002 PrepCom agreement)
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(Read
UN A/56/570 authorizing the meeting)
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(Index
to other Reports)
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The
World Summit on Sustainable Development--Johannesburg,
South Africa, August 26 to September 4, 2002
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World Summit on Sustainable Development is a United Nations
sponsored meeting in which the Earth
Charter and the results of the International Conference on
Financing for Development will be melded together to implement Agenda
21 to provide the justification for bringing forth as an
international treaty the all-controlling IUCN
Covenant on the Environment and Development.
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summary of the discussion on the comprehensive review and
assessment of progress achieved in the implementation of Agenda 21
and the other outcomes of the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development, as well as the Programme for the
Further Implementation of Agenda 21 Read
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Agenda
Emerges From PrepCom II (02-08-02)--
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Summit…is
expected to result in three outcome documents: a political
declaration that expresses new commitments and direction for implementing
sustainable development; a negotiated programme of
action that will guide government implementation; and a
non-negotiated compilation of new commitments and partnership
initiatives for specific actions.…
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Summit Secretary-General Nitin Desai said the Summit was all
about generating action proposals and promoting the
notion that partnerships between various major groups could
lead to more effective implementation. But these
partnerships, he said, "are not a substitute for action
by governments."
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the Prepcom, Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy for
the Summit, Jan Pronk, reported that the word he was receiving
from national capitals was that the Summit should deal with
issues that were not addressed in Rio, such as globalization, insecurity, the underlying causes of terrorism,
technological progress in the areas of communications and
genetic engineering, and failed States.
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PrepCom
III
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Implementing
Agenda 21--The Report of the UN Secretary General
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Partnerships/Initiatives
To Strengthen The Implementation Of Agenda 21
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Global Challenge, Global Opportunity--Trends in Sustainable Development
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