—– Original Message —– From: To: “Rioplus20″ Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 11:40 AM Subject: [OPs_NGOMG] STATEMENTS DONE by NGO during Interactive Dialogues > > > > >
NGO 2 minutes statement at Interactive Dialogues (18.00-19.30h) > > Thursday 14th of June > > (Daniel Perell – Bahai) > Thank you chair, > Like yesterday, we want to reiterate points of concern on behalf of the > NGOs Major Group:
> > We remain strongly committed to the principle of non-regression and > support the bracketed language in paragraph 19 on this critical concept. > Given the growing global ecological crisis, the outcome document must > recognize the need to prevent backsliding on environmental protection > and sustainable development. We urge states, which oppose the current > text on non-regression to seriously reconsider their opposition or to > propose constructive alternatives. We must not squander this opportunity > for damage control. > > The following are a few examples where we see regression on language > from prior international agreements: > > * On the text referring to health, the Beijing plan of action and the > “convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against > women” refer to rights, whereas now the language is being replaced by > access to services. Rights language must return. > > * We remain concerned that the debate on access to information, public > participation and access to justice is unresolved as paragraphs 68g and > 93 ter are weaker than the rio 1992 outcome and JPOI. We urge states to > commit to progress; > > There is a growing fear that negotiations are backsliding on numerous > principles and ambitions, while crises are increasing by the day. > > * The first groundbreaking report of the Club of Rome (and later many > others) emphasized that there are limits to Growth. This reality must be > acknowledged and reflected in the text by replacing “economic growth” > with “economic prosperity.” > > The protracted nature of the negotiations calls into question the very > purpose of this conference. How can we “achieve international > cooperation in solving international problems” as per the UN Charter, > when negotiations are being driven by loyalties that do not extend > beyond the nation state? The urgency of these matters must be reflected > in the negotiations. In short, Rio+20 must build on agreed principles: > there must be no regression > > ———————————————————————– > > Wednesday 13 of June > > (Leida Rijnhout) > Thanks Chair for giving us the opportunity to give you our concerns on > the negotiations until now. As NGOs we are following quite closely the > negotiations. > > So this are the points NGOs want to raise today for you: > > – on Green Economy: we want to reiterate again and again that we need > to stop the GDP-growth addiction (esp in industrialised countries) so > that we can move forward towards sustainable economies. We do not stop > this with only pushing for other indicators, because this paradigm is of > course also related with the need for a radical transformation of our > current monetary system. We need to move from a “debt based economy > towards a commons based economy to stay within our ecological limits. > Unfortunately we don’t see any reference in the text on this idea. > We regret the total unwillingness of the industrialised nations to > discuss the lowering of their material resource consumption to > sustainable levels. This needs to be done immediately to respect the > carrying capacity of our Mother Earth and in favour of equal sharing of > resources with underconsuming countries/regions. > > On Governance: the Council of SD, under the GA, we demand, needs to be > given coordinating capacity and the mandate to assure that all > agreements are fully implemented and that the agreed goals will be met. > This new Council must include pro-active participation of all Major > Groups in the decision-making processes and implementation. > > A lot of nice words has been said about the essential role of > stakeholders in SD, so it is disappointing to see that there is low > ambition to launch here in Rio the process for a global convention of > environmental rights and public participation. > > On Education: We emphasis the importance of including non-formal > education in the negotiation text. Education for sustainable development > supports the development of the whole personality and needs to be > gender-based and equity-based. > > -On Subsidies: We think it is shocking that after 10 years we are still > supporting unsustainable patterns of production. This shows the lack of > political will very clearly, and the priorities governments have. Please > keep in mind that already the JPoI is made a reference to the need to > get rid of the harmful subsidies. It is still unclear what will happen > with the references to harmful subsidies in this text (Energy 6 on > fossil fuel subsidies, Oceans 14 & 17 on fisheries, and Trade 2 on > agriculture). > > > Thank you. > > —————————————————————————————————- > — > Leida Rijnhout > ANPED ivzw > Northern Alliance for Sustainability > Chaussee St. Pierre 123 > 1040 Brussels – Belgium > www.anped.org > > _______________________________________________ > This mail is sent to you by the Organising Partners of the Major Group of NGOs at the Rio+20 Summit. > > Our mailaddress: ngomajorgrouprio20@gmail.com > > Other communication tools for NGOs are: > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rioplustwenty/ > NING website: http://rioplus20ngo.ning.com/ > Wikispace: http://ngorioplus20.wikispaces.com/ > > For subscription options (and unsubscribe) please visit: > http://lists.anped.org/mailman/options/rioplus20 > > > This list is hosted by Greenhost – Sustainable hosting: www.greenhost.nl
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