[Peace] Fwd: [SRRTAC-L:8857] [bioregional] Jo'burg Press Conference Today with Jane Goodall: Peace and Disarmament (fwd)

[Alfred Kagan]

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>  Jane Goodall:	Peace and Disarmament (fwd)
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>The ongoing World Council on Sustainable Development is releasing LOTS of
>information and releases. Here is one worth providing etended coverage.
>
>Fred Stoss
>
>Peace and Disarmament: The Unspoken Solution to Sustainable Development
>
>Press Conference,
>Release of the Peace Caucus Political Declaration and
>Presentation of a check for US$850 Billion from the military for
>sustainable development
>
>
>Saturday August 31
>1:00 pm
>
>Sandton Square Library, Council Chamber 4th Floor
>
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>Jane Goodall. UN Messenger for Peace.
>Member of the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Panel on WSSD.
>Bishop Patrick Matolengwe. South African Council of Churches
>Ricardo  Navarro, Chairperson, Friends of the Earth International
>Nqaba Bucwa. Peace and Development Platform
>Vandana Shiva. Environmental scientist
>Neesha Fakir. Youth perspective
>
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>The military is the most destructive and costly of all social sectors
>consuming over US$850 billion annually, generating exorbitant quantities
>of pollutants, stimulating violent conflict and subverting sustainable
>development.
>
>Reallocation of a small proportion of military spending would entirely
>fund global sustainable development goals. Yet disarmament, and its link
>to development, is not even mentioned in the WSSD Draft Plan of
>Implementation.
>
>This press conference will highlight the links between disarmament and
>development, and discuss the political and economic corruption,
>including in South Africa, which fuels the military complex and prevents
>debate on these issues at the WSSD.
>
>
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>>                         Michael Strauss, Director
>>  INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ADVOCACY PROJECT
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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
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