Vandana Shiva 也來了香港, 昨日在維園出現, 阿野看到她並拍了照片, 好像會有報導...
Shiva於Z-net中很細緻地分析了這次香港的宣言, 如何遠離了 Doha會談的一些改良建議, 若香港宣言通過, 會令這市城蒙羞, 它標誌著大國對小國和農民的壓迫, 代表著資本的冷血的殘酷, 我們萬萬不能使這城市成為殺害農民的幫兇 !!
節錄自Z-net:
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The Draft Hong Kong Declaration: A Retreat From The Doha Mandate
The
Draft Hong Kong Declaration is an attempt to retreat from commitments
made at Doha. Para 18 of the Doha Declaration addressed the extension
of the protection of geographical indications provided for in Article
23 to products other than wines and spirits. These products are of
interest to developing countries and include products such as Basmati
rice (pirated and patented by Ricetec corporation of Texas) and
Darjeeling tea. The Hong Kong Declaration makes no reference to
extension of geographical indicators to other products.
Para
19 of Doha was an instruction to undertake the mandatory review of
Article 27.3(b) of TRIPS and the review of the implementation of the
TRIPS agreement under Article 71.1, taking fully into account the
development dimension. The work programme of Para 19 related to review
of TRIPS finds no mention in the Hong Kong draft.
The phasing out of export subsidies agreed to in Doha has disappeared in the new text.
The
Doha text had reaffirmed “the right of members under the General
Agreement on Trade in Services to regulate, and to introduce new
regulations on the supply of services”. For Hong Kong this has been
diluted to “with due respect to the right to regulate”.
On
issues of interest to people and the Third World, Hong Kong is a
regression with respect to Doha. On issues of interest to global
corporations and rich countries, the Hong Kong declaration rushes ahead
with expanding the WTO agenda.