This is a statement made in the form of a legal declaration on the health risks of using genetic engineering in producing new plant varieties for food. It is by Dr Richard Lacey, an expert on food safety, who foresaw the BSE (mad cow disease) food crisis. […]
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This is a TWN report on the StarLink scandal. The discovery of GE StarLink corn, which has not been approved for human consumption, in food products in a number of countries, has raised widespread alarm over safety regulations, segregation and labelling. […] After five years of difficult and painful negotiations, the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity finally concluded a Biosafety Protocol in late January 2000 at Montreal. […] Looking back, it is clear that the collapse of the biosafety negotiations in Cartagena was a blessing in disguise. […] While it was public pressure that finally pushed the negotiations in Montreal in 2000 to a successful conclusion, the process was greatly facilitated by the innovative and transparent procedures initiated by the chairman of the meeting, Minister Juan Mayr […] Tewolde Berhan G Egziabher, the spokesperson of the Like-Minded Group (Group of 77 & China) at the Montreal and Cartagena talks and who has been involved in the biodiversity negotiations since the Nairobi Conference in 1991, reflects on his experience. […] Only the core issues of the Biosafety Protocol were negotiated at Montreal in 2000. The remaining provisions were basically the same as those negotiated at the earlier talks in Cartagena in 1999. Lim Li Lin analyses and comments on these core provisions. […] Now that the Biosafety Protocol has been negotiated, what are the steps that can be taken to fill in the gaps left by the Protocol? Some key dates and suggestions for consideration are set out below. […] Only the core issues of the Biosafety Protocol were negotiated at Montreal in 2000. The remaining provisions were basically the same as those negotiated at the earlier talks in Cartagena in 1999. Lim Li Lin analyses and comments on these core provisions. […] At Cartagena, the South African government surprised critics by displaying a maturity and understanding of the issues and concerns facing developing countries on the question of GMOs. […] |
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