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November 5 2009
The same old dream.
In 1970, the UN called on rich countries such as Australia to give 0.7 per
cent of their wealth to the Third World - minus handling fees for the UN, of
course.
This was necessary to ensure "human dignity":
"(43) In recognition of the special importance of the role which can be
fulfilled only by official development assistance, a major part of financial
resource transfers to the developing countries should be provided in the
form of official development assistance. Each economically advanced country
will progressively increase its official development assistance to the
developing countries and will exert its best efforts to reach a minimum net
amount of 0.7 per cent of its gross national product at market prices by the
middle of the Decade. "
No go?
Then let's try again, this time wrapped in green.
In 2002, the UN called on rich countries such as Australia to give 0.7 per
cent of their wealth to the Third World - minus handling fees for the UN, of
course. This was necessary for "development" and to "conserve, protect and
restore the health and integrity of the Earth's ecosystem":
"Make available the increased commitments in official development assistance
announced by several developed countries at the International Conference on
Financing for Development. Urge the developed countries that have not done
so to make concrete efforts towards the target of 0.7 per cent of gross
national product as official development assistance to developing countries.
"
Damn.
Try yet again.
In 2004, the UN called on rich countries such as Australia to give 0.7 per
cent of their wealth to the Third World - minus handling fees for the UN, of
course. This was necessary to ensure "peace", "collective security" and a
"more secure world":
"The many donor countries which currently fall short of the United Nations
0.7 per cent of gross national product (GNP) for official development
assistance (ODA) should establish a timetable for reaching it. "
Still not?
Hmm.
In 2005, the UN called on rich countries such as Australia to give 0.7 per
cent of their wealth to the Third World - minus handling fees for the UN, of
course. This was necessary to ensure "millennium development goals" and
fight poverty:
"Ours is the first generation in which the world can halve extreme poverty
within the 0.7 envelope. In 1975, when the donor world economy was around
half its current size, the Goals would have required much more than 1
percent of GNP from the donors. Today, after two and a half decades of
sustained economic growth, the Goals are utterly affordable."
Still not!
OK, let's go for broke at Copenhagen next month.
In 2009, the UN in a draft treaty calls on rich countries such as Australia
to give 0.7 per cent of their wealth to the Third World - minus handling
fees for the UN, of course. This is necessary to ensure "serious adverse
effects of climate change as well as threats to their future economic
potential due to insufficient access to shared global atmospheric resources":
"[Financial resources of the "Convention Adaptation Fund"] [may] [shall]
include:
(a) [Assessed contributions [of at least 0.7% of the annual GDP of developed
country Parties] [from developed country Parties and other developed Parties
included in
Annex II to the Convention] [taking into account historical contribution to
concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere];]"
The excuses change, and global warming is the most recent.
But the hunger for 0.7 per cent of your cash is a constant.
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/the_copenhagen_con_same_demand_different_excuse/
Warmest Regards
Bon z0
"It is a remarkable fact that despite the worldwide expenditure of perhaps
US$50 billion since 1990, and the efforts of tens of thousands of scientists
worldwide, no human climate signal has yet been detected that is distinct
from natural variation."
Bob Carter, Research Professor of Geology, James Cook University, Townsville |
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