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DAILY UPDATES FROM THE FINAL NEGOTIATIONS FOR A BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL IN MONTREAL, 20-28 JANUARY 2000

31/01/2000

European Environment Commissioner praises Biosafety activists

"I was especially impressed by the people who went out in the cold to demonstrate over Biosafety and gave strong support for the conclusion of the Protocol. We are all winners here, but they are the real heroes".

(Margot Wallstrom, European Environment Commissioner - quoted in the European Union press release issued in Montreal at the close of the Biosafety negotiations).




"J´ai été particulièrement impressionnée par les gens qui ont manifesté dans le froid pour la biosécurité et qui ont soutenu fortement l´adoption du Protocole. Nous sommes tous gagnants ici, mais ce sont eux les vrais héros".

(Margot Wallstrom, Commissaire Européenne pour l´Environnement - citée dans le Communiqué de Presse rendu public par la Commission de l´Union Européenne à Montreal à la fin des négotiations de Biosécurité)

For more on the vigil please check out Greenpeace Canada's website: http://www.greenpeacecanada.org/ge_feature/index.html

 

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