Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-25-Speech-3-036"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Outcome of World Summit on Sustainable Development2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020925.1.3-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-25-Speech-3-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Jill Evans2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I was one of the Members who attended the summit in Johannesburg and was fortunate enough to meet some of the thousands who went there from all over the world to focus attention on the need for people-centred policies. We heard over and over again that the summit had to change the lives of the poorest people in the world if it was to be a success. We did not expect dramatic changes and we did not get them, but there was some modest progress. For example we saw a move towards achieving better governance. I hope that this Parliament will actively support universal membership of the UNEP for environment ministers. This could be the starting point for a world environment organisation. This brings us to the central question of enforcement and monitoring. We know from experience since Rio that it is one thing to make agreements but another to ensure they are implemented. We welcome the possibility at last of bringing the Kyoto Protocol into force, but it has been a long and difficult process. How will progress from Johannesburg onwards be achieved? It is not clear. Although the Johannesburg Declaration includes a commitment to an inclusive process, which means involving the kinds of groups that met around the summit, how is this going to be done? Similarly the regional and local level are important. We know how the private sector is going to be involved, but how will different levels of government be involved? Finally, I welcome the fact that the efforts to include biotechnology as an intrinsic part of sustainability were resisted in Johannesburg, despite the efforts of the United States. At the very time when the summit was going on to use a human crisis to try and force GM food aid on some of the world's poorest countries. This takes away freedom of choice, undermines human dignity and works against sustainability. We must continue to resist it."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3,3 vice-chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3,3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Plaid Cymru - Parti of Wales (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Evans, Jillian (Verts/ALE )."1

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