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icon.gif (870 bytes) September  04, 2002: NGOs boo Powell’s speech
Quashing US Secretary of State Colin Powell’s claims that the US was serious about climate change and sustainable development, NGOs chanted ‘Shame on Bush!’ and "people and plants, not big business'. more...
icon.gif (870 bytes) September  02, 2002: More pains than gains
Even as Ministers quicken the pace of negotiations to prepare for the arrival of the heads of state, position of developing countries weakened considerably to reach consensus. more...
icon.gif (870 bytes) August 31, 2002: Differences remaim, comproises imminent for developing world
Halfway through WSSD, it is clear the meeting will not resolve major North-South differences -- the developing countries may actually lose ground they gained in Rio. more...
icon.gif (870 bytes) August 31, 2002: WSSD turned into partnership meet
Instead of discussing fair multilateral rules for global environmental governance, the US is undermining multilateralism by shifting the focus to voluntary partnerships. more...
icon.gif (870 bytes) August 12, 2002: 'People should benefit from natural wealth'
National and global policies at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg later this month are not designed to ensure that benefits from the Northeast region’s  rich biological and knowledge resources accrue to local communities, representatives from five North East states said at a meeting in Guwahati on August 11, 2002, organised by the Centre for Science and Environment. more...
icon.gif (870 bytes) August  02, 2002: 'Five battles in Jo'burg, Vajpayee must lead'
With rich countries unwilling to commit to any firm targets, the WSSD Summit in Johannesburg later this month is long on promises, but short on deadlines, WSSD chair and former Indonesian environment minister Emil Salim said at a public discussion organised by the Centre for Science and Environment in New Delhi on August 1, 2002. more...

icon.gif (870 bytes)  July 15, 2002: Who will the government represent at WSSD?

It is unlikely that the concerns of the poor and marginalised will dictate the Indian government’s positions at the summit on sustainable development. more...
icon.gif (870 bytes)  April 20, 2002: Government Suffers from Drought of Ideas
Lack of preparation and civil society participation could result in India arriving at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) without any concrete proposals. Start doing your homework and involve experts in formulating the national position, civil society representatives tell government. more...
icon.gif (870 bytes)  March 23, 2002: Need for government to have concrete agenda at WSSD

Groups meeting in Vishakapatnam today called on the Indian government to represent local environment and development concerns better at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) to be held in Johannesburg, from August 26 to September 4, 2002. more...
icon.gif (870 bytes)  March 11, 2002
What induced the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to issue a statement endorsing a plan that could result in loss of human life, and have negative economic and ecological repercussions for India? more...

icon.gif (870 bytes)  Novmber 24, 2001: Unprepared, yet again!
Lack of preparation and civil society participation could result in India arriving at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) without any concrete proposals. Start doing homework now, civil society groups tell government. more...