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Biosafety Protocol News Headlines
Tuesday,
February 1, 2000
1)
APO 02/01 0422 Senator: Biosafety Deal Hurts U.S. By PHILIP
BRASHER AP Farm Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Farmers are watching
to see whether new rules regulating trade in genetically engineered
crops will hurt exports of U.S. commodities or require conventional
and biotech varieties to be stored separately. The UN-sponsored
deal, which was ... (GREENPEACE)
2)
The Guardian (Charlottetown) Tuesday, February 1, 2000 EDITION
Final Editorial PAGE A6 How about a little consistency
in the debate? We are what we eat, so they say. The world
agrees and representatives of 138 countries have gathered
in Montreal to work out a set of rules to govern trade in
genetically-altered foods, how it is to be ...
3)
Success for UN biosafety protocol talks ENDS Daily
- 31/01/00 Some 130 countries agreed the text of UN rules
governing trade in live genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
early on Saturday morning, following a week of talks in Montreal,
Canada. The deal to create the Cartagena biosafety protocol
to the 1992 UN convention on ...
4)
ABIX: Australasian Business Intelligence February 1, 2000
Tuesday SECTION: Pg. 12 LENGTH: 83 words HEADLINE: GM food
SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald ABSTRACT: The United Nations
Biosafety Protocol for genetically modified food may be used
as a trade protection weapon. It was reported on 1 February
2000 that food prices may go up if the protocol is ...
5)
Calgary Herald February 1, 2000, Tuesday, FINAL SECTION: Opinion;
A14 LENGTH: 474 words HEADLINE: Food for thought: Canada's
GMO food exports might be limited by protectionists BYLINE:
Calgary Herald BODY: The federal government has signed off
on the U.N.-sponsored Biosafety Protocol. Despite fair words
about the potential and value of ...
6)
The Gazette (Montreal) February 1, 2000, Tuesday, FINAL SECTION:
Newspaper In Education: Flash; B8 LENGTH: 245 words HEADLINE:
Pact reached on biosafety BODY: A thousand representatives
from 138 countries reached an agreement to regulate the trade
of gentically modified food. The treaty is called the
Cartagena Protocol. It is named after the ...
7)
THE KOREA HERALD February 1, 2000, Tuesday LENGTH: 754 words
HEADLINE: Time for GMO labeling BODY: The Montreal agreement
on genetically engineered food regulations is a welcome step
that will ease the concerns of consumers in Korea and around
the world. The accord, called the U.N. Biosafety Protocol,
is a pact that can speed the labeling ...
8)
The Ottawa Citizen February 1, 2000, Tuesday, FINAL SECTION:
News; A12 LENGTH: 685 words HEADLINE: Let it germinate BODY:
From fire to the steam engine and now to genetic engineering,
technology is an interplay of benefits and costs, often emerging
in surprising ways. Attempts to regulate a new technology
risk gumming up its development ...
9)
The Toronto Star February 1, 2000, Tuesday, Edition 1 SECTION:
NEWS LENGTH: 523 words HEADLINE: BETTER THAN EXPECTED BODY:
Negotiators for 130 countries achieved the unexpected in
Montreal - they agreed on the world's first rules governing
trade in genetically modified food. The rules are contained
- or will be when all the follow-up ...
10)
Politiken February 1, 2000 SECTION: Pg. 1 LENGTH: 544 words
HEADLINE: PAA LOBBYTUR FOR GENMAD BYLINE: Niels Noergaard
BODY: Aventis, Europas nye gigant inden for udviklingen
af sproejtegifte, gensplejsede foedevarer og bioteknologiske
planter, havde sendt direktoer til Koebenhavn for at saelge
koncernen i Skandinavien. I weekenden blev mere end 130
... (GREENPEACE)
11)
FAP 02/01 1243 La convention sur les OGM mecontente les agriculte...
Copyright, 2000. L'Associated Press. La convention sur
les OGM mecontente les agriculteurs americains --par Philip
Brasher-- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Le protocole sur la biodiversite
signe par plus de 130 pays a Montreal ...
12)
All Rights Reserved. L'Echo February 1, 2000, Tuesday SECTION:
Pg. 5 LENGTH: 770 words HEADLINE: Le commerce des OGM strictement
encadre ; Le Protocole permettra de s'opposer aux importations
d'organismes transgeniques s'ils sont juges dangereux. BODY:
Plus de 130 pays ont adopte samedi matin a Montreal un Protocole
sur la biosecurite qui ... (GREENPEACE)
13)
Sueddeutsche Zeitung January 31, 2000 SECTION: Wirtschaft,
Pg. 26 LENGTH: 690 words HEADLINE: USA und EU einigen sich
in letzter Minute Internationale Regeln fuer den Handel mit
Gentech-Produkten verabschiedet HIGHLIGHT: Protokoll zur
biologischen Sicherheit / Auch in den USA waechst das Misstrauen
gegen Gen-Food BODY: Lie New York (Eigener ... (GREENPEACE)
14)
Tages-Anzeiger January 31, 2000 SECTION: Ausland; Pg. 4 LENGTH:
606 words HEADLINE: Kennzeichnung von Genprodukten BYLINE:
Von Reto Pieth, Montreal BODY: An der Uno-Konferenz ueber
den Handel mit genetisch veraenderten Produkten ist ein Kompromiss
zu Stande gekommen. Um 5 Uhr frueh konnte Juan Mayr, kolumbianischer
Umweltminister und ... (GREENPEACE)
15)
vwd - Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste GmbH January 31, 2000
SECTION: EUROPAEISCHE UNION / CHEMIE / AGRARWIRTSCHAFT LENGTH:
314 words HEADLINE: EU-Umweltkommissarin zufrieden mit
dem Biotechnologie- Protokoll BYLINE: Dirk Mueller-Thederan
DATELINE: Bruessel BODY: Als einen "historischen Moment und
einen Durchbruch fuer ... (GREENPEACE)
16)
Neue Zuercher Zeitung January 31, 2000 SECTION: WIRTSCHAFT
TEXT; Seite 15 LENGTH: 1168 words HEADLINE: Weltweites Lob
fuer neues Gentechnik-Protokoll; Einigung bringt biologische
und handelspolitische Sicherheit BYLINE: Jaekl Ch. DATELINE:
cja. Ottawa, 30. Januar BODY: Ein nach harten Verhandlungen
in Montreal ausgehandeltes ... (GREENPEACE)
17)
Neue Presse Politik 1.2.2000, Online, Umweltschützer erleichtert:
Hohe Hürden für Gentechnologie Regierungen von gut 135
Ländern haben sich in Montreal auf ein Abkommen für den internationalen
Handel mit gentechnisch veränderten Produkten geeinigt.
Das so genannte Biosafety-Protokoll soll Menschen und die
... (GREENPEACE)
18)
Frankfurter Rundschau Wirtschaft 1.2.2000, Erscheinungsdatum
02.02.2000, Vorsorgeprinzip erhitzt die Gemüter Nach dem
Durchbruch auf der Genkonferenz in Montreal offenbart die
EU heute ihre Sicht Von Markus Sievers Der Anleger tut's,
der Fleischkonsument auch und der Autokäufer sowieso: Sie
alle wenden das Vorsorgeprinzip ... (GREENPEACE)
19)
Il Manifesto Online 30 Gennaio 2000 CANADA NEGOZIATI SUL
CIBO TRANSGENICO Boccone amaro per gli Usa A Montreal,
dopo trattative serrate, il fronte del no segna un punto A
d alcune migliaia di chilometri da Davos, a Montreal, si è
chiuso il negoziato sui cibi geneticamente modificati. "E'
stata una trattativa durissima", ci dice il ... NUCLEAR POWER
20)
Times Colonist (Victoria) Tuesday, February 1, 2000 EDITION
Final Voices PAGE A12 Deal seals Frankenfoods' fate
Gwynne Dyer Game, set, and match. The Protocol on Biosafety,
agreed by 130 countries on Saturday in Montreal after frantic
overtime negotiations, sets the seal on a year that saw genetically
modified organisms (GMOs) go from ...
21)
BBC Online, 1 February, 2000, Scientist raises organic
concerns A leading Scottish scientist has warned that organic
farming poses considerable risks to human health. Professor
John Hillman, director of the world-renowned Scottish Crop
Research Institute (SCRI), also said the debate on GM food
had been "obscured" by unhelpful language....
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