Wednesday, June 20, 2012

[RED DEMOCRATICA] Coments.: The negotiations at Rio have failed

 

FYI from Dr. Lisinka Ulatowska, Global Commons in Rio via Sue:


The negotiations at Rio have failed to come out with an Agreement by the end of the allotted time. The mandate of the organizers of the Rio Summit who oversaw the negotiations has expired.

To our Dutch friends: ik schrijf een korte samenvatting in het Nederlands. Maar lees dit als je kunt. 

As civil society--and that includes each of you-- we have put an enormous amount of hard work and resources into this process  either directly or by our other commons-based and all-win activities!  

Here in Rio, we feel that the governments have wasted time bickering over old entrenched positions instead of taking the bold steps necessary to help us deal with the crisis. They have ignored the huge amount of research, best practices and suggestions provided by civil society as individuals, as representatives of civil society organizations who have made one or two statements  almost daily during the many conferences leading up to this Summit and via the Compilation Document. This amazing 7000 page document had invited the views from all people worldwide.  

Now under the guidance of Brazil, Government delegates are working day and night to salvage something.  

Brazil stated that there are two directions we can take  that of love and that of hate. The Brazilian Govt rep also said that, as the host Government of the Summit, they will present the 119 paragraphs agreed so far and present these to the Heads of State and Government to sign and that governments that are involved in conflict with other governments over the remaining 190 paragraphs should get together and agree on the text or else these vital paragraphs will be left out. 

What this boils down to is the representatives of the US, the EU and the G77 (134 developing countries) sit in a corner and negotiate while all the other governments stand around and listen. Governments are now working day and night, til 11 at night, 2 in the morning and will possibly even work the night through to be ready for when the 160  Heads of State and Government. arrive on this Wednesday, the 20th in time for the Summit on the 21st and 22nd. But the outcome is likely to be a face-saving device instead of the bold agreement necessary for us to go ahead as one world.  

As mentioned before we are at the awkward stage where the forces that want to take our next evolutionary step and become one integrated world and those clinging to the old that is destroying our planet are stuck. It is time to throw our weight into the balance and tip the scales, if not in time to make Rio a success, then in time to let our Governments know that we are destroying Mother Earth the source of our sustenance and our home and that our survival is at stake.

The NGOs have formulated a petition. I wonder whether you would take a few moments and, if you agree, to sign it either as a private person or, if you have the mandate to sign for an organization no matter what type--cultural, business, etc.-- please mention that as well as signatory..

Please go to the following link:


I have a second request  This one specifically for those who are in Rio. Emile van Essen and one other member of the Commons Cluster are coming into town on Wednesday morning and need a place to stay. Could you please write to him if you know of a place or how they can go about finding one. Emile is in charge of the Instant Action mailings to Heads of State and Government and he is being asked to go to work as soon as he gets in on Wednesday to send out this petition.. He has an emergency pad to lay his head, but it would be great if he and our other team member could have a more comfortable place to stay. His email address is: "Emile van Essen" <galans@essence-sum.com>, 

Thanks in advance for all each of you have been doing to help our common effort forward.

Warmly,

Lisinka

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Dr. Lisinka Ulatowska
UN Rep. Association of World Citizens;
Institute for Planetary Synthesis
All Win Network



 
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