From hannigramann at t-online.de  Sun Feb  5 09:54:42 2006
From: hannigramann at t-online.de (Hanni Gramann)
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 09:54:42 +0100
Subject: [Gen-Streitfall] Entscheidung GVOs
In-Reply-To: <002301c62996$1f3c0c20$2201a8c0@Standard>
Message-ID: <C00B7BE2.411%hannigramann@t-online.de>

Hallo liebe Leute,
wie denkt ihr darüber?
Wer hat Zeit und Interesse den "Aufschlag"für eine gemeinsame PM attac/BUND
zu basteln?
LG
Hanni

------ Weitergeleitete Nachricht
Von: "Johannes Lauterbach" <Johannes_Lauterbach at t-online.de>
Datum: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 15:20:07 +0100
An: "Malte Kreuzfeld" <presse at attac.de>, "Attac AG-WTO VG"
<wto-vg at listen.attac.de>
Betreff: [Wto-vg] Fw: [WTO-INTL] WTO action: Draft ruling imminent on trade
dispute between EU and US - evt. Attac PM

Hallo zusammen,
kommenden Dienstag 07.02. wird die erste Entscheidung des
WTO-Schiedsgerichts im GMO-Streitfall gegen die EU erwartet.
Wir sollten darauf vorbereitet sein und evt. eine PM dazu veröffentlichen,
evt. zusammen mit BUND? oder Glob und Ökologie? oder Bite Back Kampagne?
Ich war in der GMO Sache nicht so involivert, wer hat denn noch Kontakt zu
den "bite back"/Tomatentour-Leuten,
und wer könnte eine PM vorbereiten?
(Ich muss eigentlich jetzt dringend einen Artikel zu Hongkong shreiben....)

Gruß
Johannes



----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexandra Wandel" <alexandra.wandel at FOEEUROPE.ORG>
To: <WTO-INTL at LISTSERVER.CITIZEN.ORG>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 11:31 AM
Subject: [WTO-INTL] WTO action: Draft ruling imminent on trade dispute
between EU and US


> ======================================================================
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> Intimate -- Confidential -- Unmoderated
> To post hereto, send messages to wto-intl at listserver.citizen.org
> ======================================================================
>
> Dear colleagues
>
> the interim report on the GM ruling at the WTO is expected now for next
> Tuesday 7 February.
>
> Several engaged NGOs (FoEE, Greenpeace, IUF, Genewatch etc.) are preparing
> some joint  talking points for the media that we will circulate shortly,
> while media releases will be sent out by the individual groups engaged.
> Below please find a fact sheet, briefing and advisory on the case by FoEE.
>
> The Bite back: WTO: Hands off our food coalition are also planning for
> next week a cyberaction targetting EU member states to stand firm in case
> of a negative ruling.
>
> Comments and input are very welcome.
>
> Best,
>
> Alexandra Wandel, FoEE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Alexandra Wandel" <alexandra.wandel at foeeurope.org>
> To: "Alexandra Wandel" <alexandra.wandel at foeeurope.org>
> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:34:08 +0100
> Subject: Media advisory: WTO: Hands off our food. Draft ruling imminent on
> trade dispute between EU and US
>
>
> Media advisory
> 3 February 2006- For immediate release
>
> *************************************************************************
> WTO: HANDS OFF OUR FOOD!
> Draft ruling imminent on trade dispute between EU and US
>
> A special media briefing on the GM trade dispute is available at
> http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2006/GMO_and_WTO_interim_briefing_F
> eb2006.pdf
> as well as a fact sheet on GMOs and the WTO, see
> http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2006/GMO_and_WTO_QA_Feb2006.pdf
> ************************************************************************
>
> Brussels/Geneva, 3 February 2006 - Opposition to genetically modified
> (GM) foods) is likely to increase if the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
> rules in favour of a US-led complaint against European GM policy,
> Friends of the Earth Europe warned today. A draft final WTO ruling is
> expected next week.
>
> The international environmental group accused the WTO of being
> secretive, undemocratic and biased towards business interests, and
> charged that it is the wrong institution to settle disputes of this kind.
>
> The United States, Canada and Argentina launched a trade dispute with
> the EU through the WTO in May 2003. They have been arguing that Europe's
> reluctance to embrace GM foods damaged their farmers and was a barrier
> to trade. In line with WTO secrecy, the draft ruling will only be sent
> to the countries in the dispute. A final ruling is expected later in the
> year.
>
> Friends of the Earth Europe's Trade Co-ordinator Alexandra Wandel said:
> "The World Trade Organisation should keep its hands off our food.
> Protecting Europe's wildlife, farmers and consumers from the threat of
> genetically modified crops is far more important than free trade rules.
> The WTO is secretive, undemocratic and unfair. It should not decide what
> the public eats and how we protect our environment."
>
> Adrian Bebb, GM Food Campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe, said:
> "Opposition to genetically modified foods is likely to increase if the
> WTO decides that European safeguards should be sacrificed to benefit
> biotech corporations. The number of bans by countries in Europe against
> GM foods is increasing, and the number of regions declaring themselves
> GM Free has soared. The WTO, the US administration and biotech firms
> should stop their bullying and let Europeans decide what food we eat."
>
> Friends of the Earth has published a fact sheet and briefing on the
> dispute today [1] which highlight:
>
> · Opposition to GM foods and crops in Europe has increased since the
> beginning of the trade dispute*. *There are now over 170 regions and
> 4,500 smaller areas that want to be GM-free.
>
> · An alternative dispute settlement procedure is needed to solve trade
> and environmental conflicts. This could be the International Court of
> Justice or the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Additionally, the UN
> Biosafety Protocol is an international agreement already in place that
> deals with trade in GMOs. Unfortunately, the US has refused to sign it.
>
> · The first ten years of GM crops have failed to deliver the benefits
> promised by the biotech industry and have played no role in tackling
> poverty and hunger [2].
>
> An international campaign against the WTO dispute called "Bite-back -
> WTO: Hands off our food!" - is supported by 750 organisations
> representing some 60 million people (see www.bite-back.org
> http://www.bite-back.org). The coalition states that the
> industry-friendly WTO is not the right place to decide what food
> Europeans should eat.
>
> The "Bite Back" citizens' objection was initiated by Friends of the
> Earth International with the support of consumer, development and
> farmers' groups, trade unions, research institutes and citizens from
> over 100 countries.
>
> [1] A special media briefing on the GM trade dispute is available at
> http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2006/GMO_and_WTO_interim_briefing_F
> eb2006.pdf
> as well as a fact sheet on GMOs and the WTO, see
> http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2006/GMO_and_WTO_QA_Feb2006.pdf
>
> [2] Who benefits from GM crops
> http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2006/who_benefits_from_gm_crops_Jan
> _2006.pdf
>
> CONTACT:
> Alexandra Wandel, Friends of the Earth WTO expert, +49 172 748
> 3953
> Adrian Bebb, Friends of the Earth GMO expert, +49 1609 490 1163
>
> ==============================================================
> WTO-Intl - the listserv the Our World Is Not For Sale network (OWINFS)
> If you have any questions/concerns, contact the list owner at:
> WTO-INTL-request at LISTSERVER.CITIZEN.ORG

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From fridolin at imkereibrandt.de  Mon Feb  6 13:51:53 2006
From: fridolin at imkereibrandt.de (Eveline & Fridolin Brandt)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:51:53 +0100
Subject: [Gen-Streitfall] Entscheidung GVOs
References: <C00B7BE2.411%hannigramann@t-online.de>
Message-ID: <000601c62b1c$1baeb170$14b2a8c0@ibxrbsi558jorp>

      Auszug aus der Tagung der Copa-Cogeca 28/11/2005 in Brüssel

      5. Die Deutsche Delegation ( bestehend aus : 
Koch,Haefeker,Hederer,Stöckmann, alle Deutscher Berufsimkerbund ( DBIB ) und 
Löwer Deutscher Imkerbund (DIB)
      berichtet von Schwierigkeiten mit dem Großhandel, welcher von den 
Imkern  Zertifikate verlangen in denen bestätigt wird, dass der Honig keine 
GVO Spuren enthält.
      Der Vize-Präsident der copa- cogeca, Inhaber der Firma Tuchel & Sohn, 
Honigimporteur aus Hamburg,   erinnert daran, dass es beschlossene Sache war 
und ist dieses Problem nicht aufzurollen und nicht öffentlcih zu machen, 
weil es für den Imker unmöglich ist die Lage der GVO-Felder zu kennen und 
sich so vor GVO-Anteilen im Honig zu schützen.


Die Copa-Copeca ist ein beratender Ausschuß für Honig- und Imkerfragen bei 
der EU- Kommission.

Damit wird wieder einmal deutlich, das sich die deutschen und europäischen 
nationalen Imkerverbände wie auch den Firmen welche im Verein " Honigverband 
" organisiert sind, den Zwängen der Gentechmafia unterwerfen und dem 
Verbraucher notfalls arglistig verschweigen, das der Honig mit Genpollen 
kontaminiert sein kann !
Durch Unterlassen von öffentlichen Protesten arbeiten diese Verbände der 
Gentechmafia in die Hände !

Öffentlicher und medienwirksamer Protest der Imkerverbände wäre die einzig 
mögliche Maßnahme im Rahmen der Herstellerehrlichkeit und des 
Verbraucherschutzes. So etwas nennt man auch offensive Vorwärtsverteidigung 
!



Fridolin Brandt     82110  Germering

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hanni Gramann" <hannigramann at t-online.de>
To: "wto Gen-Streitfall-Orga" <Gen-Streitfall-Orga at listen.jpberlin.de>; "wto 
gen-streitfall" <gen-streitfall at listen.jpberlin.de>
Cc: "attac-b ü ro Malte Kreutzfeldt" <presse at attac.de>; "wto-agrar 
christiana schuler" <Xtiana at web.de>
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 9:54 AM
Subject: [Gen-Streitfall] Entscheidung GVOs


Hallo liebe Leute,
wie denkt ihr darüber?
Wer hat Zeit und Interesse den "Aufschlag"für eine gemeinsame PM attac/BUND
zu basteln?
LG
Hanni

------ Weitergeleitete Nachricht
Von: "Johannes Lauterbach" <Johannes_Lauterbach at t-online.de>
Datum: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 15:20:07 +0100
An: "Malte Kreuzfeld" <presse at attac.de>, "Attac AG-WTO VG"
<wto-vg at listen.attac.de>
Betreff: [Wto-vg] Fw: [WTO-INTL] WTO action: Draft ruling imminent on trade
dispute between EU and US - evt. Attac PM

Hallo zusammen,
kommenden Dienstag 07.02. wird die erste Entscheidung des
WTO-Schiedsgerichts im GMO-Streitfall gegen die EU erwartet.
Wir sollten darauf vorbereitet sein und evt. eine PM dazu veröffentlichen,
evt. zusammen mit BUND? oder Glob und Ökologie? oder Bite Back Kampagne?
Ich war in der GMO Sache nicht so involivert, wer hat denn noch Kontakt zu
den "bite back"/Tomatentour-Leuten,
und wer könnte eine PM vorbereiten?
(Ich muss eigentlich jetzt dringend einen Artikel zu Hongkong shreiben....)

Gruß
Johannes



----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexandra Wandel" <alexandra.wandel at FOEEUROPE.ORG>
To: <WTO-INTL at LISTSERVER.CITIZEN.ORG>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 11:31 AM
Subject: [WTO-INTL] WTO action: Draft ruling imminent on trade dispute
between EU and US


> ======================================================================
> WTO-INTL - the listserv the Our World Is Not For Sale network (OWINFS)
> Intimate -- Confidential -- Unmoderated
> To post hereto, send messages to wto-intl at listserver.citizen.org
> ======================================================================
>
> Dear colleagues
>
> the interim report on the GM ruling at the WTO is expected now for next
> Tuesday 7 February.
>
> Several engaged NGOs (FoEE, Greenpeace, IUF, Genewatch etc.) are preparing
> some joint  talking points for the media that we will circulate shortly,
> while media releases will be sent out by the individual groups engaged.
> Below please find a fact sheet, briefing and advisory on the case by FoEE.
>
> The Bite back: WTO: Hands off our food coalition are also planning for
> next week a cyberaction targetting EU member states to stand firm in case
> of a negative ruling.
>
> Comments and input are very welcome.
>
> Best,
>
> Alexandra Wandel, FoEE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Alexandra Wandel" <alexandra.wandel at foeeurope.org>
> To: "Alexandra Wandel" <alexandra.wandel at foeeurope.org>
> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:34:08 +0100
> Subject: Media advisory: WTO: Hands off our food. Draft ruling imminent on
> trade dispute between EU and US
>
>
> Media advisory
> 3 February 2006- For immediate release
>
> *************************************************************************
> WTO: HANDS OFF OUR FOOD!
> Draft ruling imminent on trade dispute between EU and US
>
> A special media briefing on the GM trade dispute is available at
> http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2006/GMO_and_WTO_interim_briefing_F
> eb2006.pdf
> as well as a fact sheet on GMOs and the WTO, see
> http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2006/GMO_and_WTO_QA_Feb2006.pdf
> ************************************************************************
>
> Brussels/Geneva, 3 February 2006 - Opposition to genetically modified
> (GM) foods) is likely to increase if the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
> rules in favour of a US-led complaint against European GM policy,
> Friends of the Earth Europe warned today. A draft final WTO ruling is
> expected next week.
>
> The international environmental group accused the WTO of being
> secretive, undemocratic and biased towards business interests, and
> charged that it is the wrong institution to settle disputes of this kind.
>
> The United States, Canada and Argentina launched a trade dispute with
> the EU through the WTO in May 2003. They have been arguing that Europe's
> reluctance to embrace GM foods damaged their farmers and was a barrier
> to trade. In line with WTO secrecy, the draft ruling will only be sent
> to the countries in the dispute. A final ruling is expected later in the
> year.
>
> Friends of the Earth Europe's Trade Co-ordinator Alexandra Wandel said:
> "The World Trade Organisation should keep its hands off our food.
> Protecting Europe's wildlife, farmers and consumers from the threat of
> genetically modified crops is far more important than free trade rules.
> The WTO is secretive, undemocratic and unfair. It should not decide what
> the public eats and how we protect our environment."
>
> Adrian Bebb, GM Food Campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe, said:
> "Opposition to genetically modified foods is likely to increase if the
> WTO decides that European safeguards should be sacrificed to benefit
> biotech corporations. The number of bans by countries in Europe against
> GM foods is increasing, and the number of regions declaring themselves
> GM Free has soared. The WTO, the US administration and biotech firms
> should stop their bullying and let Europeans decide what food we eat."
>
> Friends of the Earth has published a fact sheet and briefing on the
> dispute today [1] which highlight:
>
> · Opposition to GM foods and crops in Europe has increased since the
> beginning of the trade dispute*. *There are now over 170 regions and
> 4,500 smaller areas that want to be GM-free.
>
> · An alternative dispute settlement procedure is needed to solve trade
> and environmental conflicts. This could be the International Court of
> Justice or the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Additionally, the UN
> Biosafety Protocol is an international agreement already in place that
> deals with trade in GMOs. Unfortunately, the US has refused to sign it.
>
> · The first ten years of GM crops have failed to deliver the benefits
> promised by the biotech industry and have played no role in tackling
> poverty and hunger [2].
>
> An international campaign against the WTO dispute called "Bite-back -
> WTO: Hands off our food!" - is supported by 750 organisations
> representing some 60 million people (see www.bite-back.org
> http://www.bite-back.org). The coalition states that the
> industry-friendly WTO is not the right place to decide what food
> Europeans should eat.
>
> The "Bite Back" citizens' objection was initiated by Friends of the
> Earth International with the support of consumer, development and
> farmers' groups, trade unions, research institutes and citizens from
> over 100 countries.
>
> [1] A special media briefing on the GM trade dispute is available at
> http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2006/GMO_and_WTO_interim_briefing_F
> eb2006.pdf
> as well as a fact sheet on GMOs and the WTO, see
> http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2006/GMO_and_WTO_QA_Feb2006.pdf
>
> [2] Who benefits from GM crops
> http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2006/who_benefits_from_gm_crops_Jan
> _2006.pdf
>
> CONTACT:
> Alexandra Wandel, Friends of the Earth WTO expert, +49 172 748
> 3953
> Adrian Bebb, Friends of the Earth GMO expert, +49 1609 490 1163
>
> ==============================================================
> WTO-Intl - the listserv the Our World Is Not For Sale network (OWINFS)
> If you have any questions/concerns, contact the list owner at:
> WTO-INTL-request at LISTSERVER.CITIZEN.ORG

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From kigwa.ww at web.de  Wed Feb  8 18:25:48 2006
From: kigwa.ww at web.de (Wolfgang Wiebecke)
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:25:48 +0100
Subject: [Gen-Streitfall] Pressemeldungen zum Marsch der gentech-freien
 Regionen am 5. 4. in Wien und zum Joint International GM Opposition Day am
 8. 4.
Message-ID: <43EA299C.3080006@web.de>

Hallo zusammen,

hier sende ich Euch/Ihnen die aktuellen Daten für den Marsch der 
gentech-freien Regionen am 5. 4. in Wien, zu dem u. a. auch Attac 
Austria aufruft, sowie zum Joint International GM Opposition Day 
(Vereinigter internationaler GVO-Protesttag) am 8. 4., an dem etliche 
Landesgruppen von Attac und sehr viele Organisationen weltweit beteiligt 
sind.

Ich fände es wichtig, dass viele von uns am 5. 4. in Wien mit dabei sind.

Insbesondere muss ich leider aufgrund mir mitgeteilter Missverständnisse 
ausdrücklich darauf hinweisen, dass die Mobilisierungskraft der 
Agrargruppe von Attac-Wtal zu klein wäre, als "Motor" für auch nur einen 
dieser beiden Großtkampftage innerhalb von Deutschland zu funktionieren. 
Wir hoffen somit sehr, dass andere Gruppen von Attac und weitere 
Organisationen mit uns zusammenarbeiten, damit das Thema der 
Agro-Gentechnik in seiner Bedeutung für uns alle kommuniziert werden kann.

Somit sind mir für den 8. 4. noch keine endgültigen Initiativen in 
Deutschland bekannt, und auch für den 3. 3. kenne ich in NRW noch keinen 
konkreten Termin, auch auf den Terminen der www.keine-gentechnik.de fand 
ich heute noch keinen Termin in unserer Reichweite.

Falls jemand die rtf-Versionen der Dateien benötigt, um sie auf die 
örtlichen Bedürfnisse anzupassen, bitte ich um Rückmeldung.

Mit friedlichem Gruß

Wolfgang Wiebecke

Dr. Wolfgang Wiebecke
Agrargruppe von attac-Wtal
Meckelstr. 9
42285 Wuppertal
Tel/FAX: 0202-6480966
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From hannigramann at t-online.de  Wed Feb  8 20:34:06 2006
From: hannigramann at t-online.de (Hanni Gramann)
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:34:06 +0100
Subject: [Gen-Streitfall] =?iso-8859-1?q?FW=3A_=5BAttac-wto-aktive=5D_WG?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?=3A_=5Battac-d-presse=5D_Attac_kritisiert_WTO-Entsc?=
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In-Reply-To: <00a201c62cb8$469a4dc0$7a7ba8c0@bbgf2>
Message-ID: <C010063E.51C%hannigramann@t-online.de>


------ Weitergeleitete Nachricht
Von: "Malte Kreutzfeldt" <presse at attac.de>
Datum: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:02:19 +0100
An: <attac-wto-aktive at listen.attac.de>
Betreff: [Attac-wto-aktive] WG: [attac-d-presse] Attac kritisiert
WTO-Entscheidung für Gen-Food in Europa


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: attac-d-presse-bounces at listen.attac.de
[mailto:attac-d-presse-bounces at listen.attac.de] Im Auftrag von Malte
Kreutzfeldt
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. Februar 2006 11:33
An: attac-d-presse at listen.attac.de
Betreff: [attac-d-presse] Attac kritisiert WTO-Entscheidung für Gen-Food in
Europa


Attac Deutschland
Pressemitteilung
Frankfurt, 8. Februar 2006

* Attac kritisiert WTO-Entscheidung für Gen-Food in Europa:
* "WTO stellt Freihandel über Verbraucher- und Umweltschutz"

Die Vorentscheidung der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) im
Gentechnik-Streitfall ist beim globalisierungskritischen Netzwerk Attac
auf scharfe Kritik gestoßen. "Die WTO stellt Freihandel über Umweltschutz,
Gesundheitsvorsorge und den Mehrheitswillen von Verbrauchern und
Landwirten", sagte Cornelia Reetz von der Attac-AG Welthandel und WTO.
Dass Handelsjuristen darüber entscheiden, was wir essen sollen, ist ein
Skandal." Die Entscheidung bedeute einen tiefen Einschnitt in das Recht
der europäischen Bürgerinnen und Bürger, sich und die Umwelt vor den
Gefahren der grünen Gentechnik zu schützen.

Am Dienstag Abend war bekannt geworden, dass das WTO-Schiedsgericht einer
Klage von USA, Kanada und Argentinien aus dem Jahr 2003 recht gibt. Diese
hatten der Europäischen Union vorgeworfen, die Zulassung und den Anbau
gentechnisch veränderter Organismen für den landwirtschaftlichen Anbau zu
behindern und damit gegen WTO-Recht zu verstoßen. Der Schiedsspruch zeige
den undemokratischen Charakter der WTO, sagte Reetz: "Beschlüsse gewählter
Parlamente können unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit von der WTO kassiert
werden, der Wille der Bevölkerung zählt nichts."

Mit der Entscheidung habe sich die WTO zum Handlanger von Konzernen wie
Monsanto, Bayer, BASF und Syngenta gemacht, die den Markt für transgenes
Saatgut und Agrochemie beherrschen. Attac fürchtet, dass nach der
WTO-Entscheidung die Gentechnikregulierung weltweit unter Druck geraten
wird. Die WTO-Forderung, dass eine Gefährdung wissenschaftlich
nachgewiesen werden müsse, bevor Handelsbeschränkungen erlassen werden,
widerspreche dem Vorsorgeprinzip, das auch im UN-Protokoll von Cartagena
festgeschrieben ist, sagte Reetz: "Die WTO missachtet damit nicht nur
nationalen, sondern auch internationalen Umwelt- und Verbraucherschutz."

Bereits im Sommer 2004 hatte Attac zusammen mit dem BUND vor den möglichen
Konsequenzen der WTO-Entscheidung gewarnt. Im Rahmen der Kampagne "GENug
WTO!" tourten die beiden Organisationen mit einer fünf Meter großen
aufblasbaren Gen-Tomate durch 40 deutsche Städte. In Zusammenarbeit mit
internationalen Partnern war es gelungen, mehr als 100.000 Unterschriften
gegen die Rolle der WTO als Schiedsrichter im Umgang mit Gentechnik in
Europa zu sammeln.

Für Rückfragen:
* Cornelia Reetz, Tel. 0171-8347983


------------------------------------------------
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From kigwa.ww at web.de  Wed Feb 22 22:18:09 2006
From: kigwa.ww at web.de (Wolfgang Wiebecke)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:18:09 +0100
Subject: [Gen-Streitfall] Fw: Monsanto May Commercialize Terminator
Message-ID: <43FCD511.9000100@web.de>

Hallo zusammen,
diese Nachricht bekam ich soeben und sende sie Euch/Ihnen umgehend weiter.
Es geht um gravierende Neuigkeiten zu Monsanto und Terminatortechnologie.
Mit friedlichem Gruß
Dr. Wolfgang Wiebecke
Agrargruppe von attac-Wtal
Meckelstr. 9
42285 Wuppertal

> Title : Monsanto May Commercialize Terminator
> Date : 22 February 2006
> Contents: Ban Terminator
> www.BanTerminator.org
> News Release
> 21 February 2006
>
> Monsanto May Commercialize Terminator
> Biotech Giant Revises Pledge on Sterile Seed Technology as Global
> Alliance Calls for a Ban.
>
> Monsanto, the world's largest seed and agbiotech company, made a 
> public promise in 1999 not to commercialize 'Terminator Technology' - 
> plants that are genetically engineered to produce sterile seeds. Now 
> Monsanto says it may develop or use the so-called 'suicide seeds' 
> after all. The revised pledge from Monsanto now suggests that it would 
> use Terminator seeds in non-food crops and does not rule out other 
> uses of Terminator in the future. (1) Monsanto's modified stance comes 
> to light as the biotech and seed industry confront peasant and farmer 
> movements, Indigenous peoples and their allies in an escalating battle 
> at the United Nations over the future of Terminator.
>
> In 2000 the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 
> adopted a de facto moratorium on sterile seed technologies, also known 
> as Genetic Use Restriction Technologies (GURTs). But at next month's 
> high-level meeting of the CBD in Curitiba, Brazil (20-31 March 2006) 
> the biotechnology industry will intensify its push to undermine the 
> six-year old de facto moratorium.
>
> In response, over 300 organizations today declared their support for a 
> global ban on Terminator Technology, asserting that sterile seeds 
> threaten biodiversity and will destroy the livelihoods and cultures of 
> the 1.4 billion people who depend on farm-saved seed.
>
> "The world's farmers and Indigenous peoples cannot trust Monsanto," 
> said Alejandro Argumedo from Asociacion ANDES - Potato Park in Cusco, 
> Peru "Monsanto's broken promise is a deadly betrayal because 
> Indigenous peoples and farmers depend on seed saving for food security 
> and self-determination."
>
> Terminator technology was first developed by the United States 
> Department of Agriculture and US seed company Delta & Pine Land to 
> prevent farmers from saving and re-using harvested seed, forcing them 
> to buy new seeds each season. (2)
>
> In October 1999, in response to worldwide opposition, Monsanto 
> publicly pledged not to commercialize Terminator seeds. Then-CEO, 
> Robert Shapiro, wrote an open letter to the Rockefeller Foundation, 
> stating, "I am writing to let you know that we are making a public 
> commitment not to commercialize sterile seed technologies, such as the 
> one dubbed 'Terminator.'"
>
> Now, Monsanto has revised its commitment, pledging to keep Terminator 
> only out of food crops - opening the door to the use of Terminator in 
> cotton, tobacco, pharmaceutical crops and grass with sterility genes.
>
> Referring to new versions of GURTs, Monsanto's 'pledge' now says, 
> "Monsanto does not rule out the potential development and use of one 
> of these technologies in the future. The company will continue to 
> study the risks and benefits of this technology on a case-by-case basis."
>
> "Monsanto's revised pledge resonates closely with the actions of a few 
> rich governments that have been promoting Terminator at the UN 
> recently," points out Chee Yoke Ling of Third World Network. "It looks 
> like Monsanto and other corporations are behind the strategy to 
> unleash Terminator at the upcoming meetings of the CBD".
>
> Monsanto's new stance on Terminator is part of an industry-wide 
> attempt to undermine the de facto moratorium. In the past year, 
> government delegates from Canada, Australia and New Zealand, working 
> hand in hand with the biotech industry, have used UN meetings to 
> introduce new text that will be considered at next month's CBD meeting 
> in Brazil. (3) This text recommends Terminator technologies be 
> approached on a "case by case risk assessment" basis - echoing the 
> language of Monsanto's new 'pledge.' The intention behind the 'case by 
> case' approach is to regulate Terminator just like any other 
> genetically modified crop. This would ignore the uniquely devastating 
> societal impacts of genetic seed sterility.
>
> "Terminator is a direct assault on farmers, Indigenous cultures and on 
> the food sovereignty and well-being of all rural people, primarily the 
> very poorest," said Chukki Nanjundaswamy of India from La Via 
> Campesina, an organization representing tens of millions of peasant 
> farmers worldwide. "If Monsanto bullies the UN into allowing 'case by 
> case' assessment of Terminator, it means farmers will be carried off 
> the land coffin by coffin."
>
> "These companies have a clear and simple vision that nothing should be 
> grown without a license from Monsanto and a few other masters of 
> sterility and reproduction," explains Benny Haerlin of Greenpeace 
> International. "They pursue this strategy step by step or 'case by 
> case' as they now call it. If governments at the CBD give in to 
> Monsanto and erode the Terminator moratorium we will all have to pay 
> the bill tomorrow and the collateral damage will be the integrity and 
> fertility of nature."
>
> The Ban Terminator campaign today announces the names of over 300 
> organizations worldwide that are demanding a ban on Terminator 
> technology. The list of organizations is available at 
> http://www.banterminator.org/endorsements These organizations are from 
> every region of the world and include peasant farmer movements and 
> farm organizations, Indigenous peoples organizations, civil society 
> and environmental groups, unions, faith communities, international 
> development organizations, women's movements, consumer organizations 
> and youth networks.
>
> "We are particularly alarmed that Monsanto's edited pledge no longer 
> rejects commercialization of this dangerous technology." said Lucy 
> Sharratt of the international Ban Terminator Campaign. "We are calling 
> on national governments to dismiss Monsanto's tactic in favour of an 
> all-out ban on Terminator. We invite all civil society
> and social movements to join with us for the battle against Terminator 
> next month in Brazil."
>
> For more information contact:
>
> Canada:
> Lucy Sharratt, Coordinator,
> Ban Terminator Campaign
> +1 613 252 2147 mobile
> + 1 613 241 2267
> Pat Mooney, ETC Group
> Jim Thomas, ETC Group
> +1 613 241 2267
> lucy at banterminator.org
> jim at etcgroup.org
> www.banterminator.org
>
> USA:
> Hope Shand, ETC Group.
> +1 919 9605767
> hope at etcgroup.org
> www.etcgroup.org
>
> Peru:
> Alejandro Argumedo,
> Asociacion ANDES.
> +51 84 245021
> andes at andes.org.pe
> www.andes.org.pe
>
> Malaysia:
> Chee Yoke Ling, Third World Network
> Lim Li Lin, Third World Network.
> +603 23002585
> twnet at po.jaring.my
> www.twnside.org.sg
>
> India:
> Chukki Nanjundaswamy,
> La Via Campesina.
> +91 80 28604737
> chukki_krrs at yahoo.co.in
> www.viacampesina.org
>
> Greenpeace International:
> Benedict Haerlin,
> Greenpeace International.
> bhaerlin at extra.greenpeace.org
> www.greenpeace.or
>
> Notes to editors:
> 1. Monsanto's new pledge on Terminator and GURTs is online at http://
> www.monsanto.com/monsanto/content/media/pubs/2005/pledgereport.pdf. A
> full copy of their new and old pledges is available at 
> www.banterminator.org
>
> 2. Delta and Pine Land refer to Terminator as Technology Protection 
> System (TPS). Terminator is currently being tested in greenhouses and 
> Delta and Pine Land vowed to commercialize it within the next few years.
>
> 3. In February 2005 at a meeting of the CBD's Subsidiary Body on 
> Scientific, Technical and Technological Assessment (SBSTTA) in 
> Bangkok, Canadian government delegates made a surprise attempt to 
> overturn the moratorium by allowing Terminator to be field tested and 
> commercialized. Last month, at another preparatory meeting in Granada, 
> Spain (known as the Working Group on 8j), the Australian government, 
> coached by a US State Department representative, also attacked the 
> moratorium. See ETC Group news release on 27th January 2006: 
> "Granada's Grim Sowers Plow up the moratorium on Terminator"
> available at http://www.etcgroup.org/article.asp?newsid=542
>
>
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