Development

EU Environment Commissioner Says Bush GMO Comments "Nonsense"

BBC Monitoring International Reports | June 30, 2003

South African President Urges Rich To Fulfil Poverty Reduction Pledges

Agence France Presse | June 11, 2003 South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday urged the international community and rich countries to honour pledges made in recent years to curb world poverty.

Beside Blossoming Fields, Where Poverty Grows

New York Times | By ALAN COWELL | June 4, 2003 NAIVASHA, Kenya - The shores of the broad lake that spreads across Africa's Rift Valley here were known to outsiders a long time ago as a place where white settlers disported themselves on emerald lawns and shaded verandas, misbehaving blithely in an adopted continent and calling themselves the Happy Valley set.

LDCs Press G-8 on Trade

Washington Trade Daily | June 2, 2003 Evian - Trade and the Doha Development Agenda trade negotiations yesterday dominated the first day of the G-8 Leaders Meeting here when a dozen developing countries said the time has come for the wealthiest countries to provide them substantial market access - especially in farm products (WTD, 5/29/03).

"Hunger Cannot Wait": Lula""s speech at G8

G8 | By Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva | June 2, 2003

To Put It In Perspective

Editors of American Demographics | May 2003