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Old 4th Sep 2002, 20:16
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and so, as this event draws to a close, it's decisive delegates have staunchly agreed to agree on the following wishy washy points :

To halve the number of people in Africa lacking basic sanitation by 2015
To "substantially increase" renewable energy although no targets have been set
To "significantly reduce" the loss of species by 2015
Increasing links between trade, environment and development

this after hundreds of millions of rands spent, life in johannesburg disrupted...after two weeks of living it up in luxury accomodation, being escorted in their nice shiny Mercs and BMW's by our much-needed police...after allowing Mugabe a platform to deliver rhetoric against the very countries whose aid is the only thing standing between Zimbabwe and total famine.

another shiny expensive failure.

i wonder if they are naive idealists or sly thieves?
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