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U.N. summit surprise
Mpls (red)Star Tribune(online) / UPI ^ | 9/5/02 | JAMES GLASSMAN

Posted on 09/06/2002 5:47:44 AM PDT by Valin

Edited on 04/13/2004 3:37:07 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa A surprising story dominated the U.N. sustainable development summit in South Africa. Unlike other huge environmental meetings, Johannesburg has become suffused with the theme that wealth makes health - or, more specifically, that it is economic growth that leads to a cleaner, safer environment.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: enviralists; johannesburg; johannesburgsummit; unlist

1 posted on 09/06/2002 5:47:44 AM PDT by Valin
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To: *UN_List; *Enviralists
Index Bump
2 posted on 09/06/2002 8:37:24 AM PDT by Free the USA
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To: madfly
fyi
3 posted on 09/06/2002 9:05:25 AM PDT by Free the USA
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To: Valin
"The United States did, however, agree to targets for reducing the number of people around the world without access to basic sanitation..."

I wonder if this means that they will be building economies around the world, or just implementing population control policies...

4 posted on 09/06/2002 9:16:51 AM PDT by redhead
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