UN Official Calls for No More G8 Summits

[babylonsister]

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/08/1741/

UN Official Calls for No More G8 Summits
by Haider Rizvi

UNITED NATIONS - A prominent United Nations representative this week joined ranks with thousands of activists gathered in Germany to protest the economic and political dominance enjoyed by the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized countries.

This year should be the “last” G8 Summit, said Jean Ziegler, the world body’s special rapporteur on the right to food, at the launch of the “Alternative Summit” called by rights groups to counter the annual G8 meeting, which is currently in session in the resort town of Heiligendamm.

Ziegler reportedly said he could not see why the annual meeting of the G8 leaders, which has run since 1975 and is costing German taxpayers about $135 million this year, should continue.

Arguing that “another world is possible,” he observed that globalization as pursued by the G8 leadership had lost its way and that there was a need for a new “revolution” from below.

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[Nikki Stone1]

1. It is like the country club meeting to discuss the future of the townspeople

:kick:

[katty]

2. yes, G8: we run the world, you BILLIONS just live in it

[Kurovski]

3. Good idea. K&R. (nt)

[EFerrari]

4. Nice to hear sane voices. K&R

[Swede]

5. Yeah let's hide it behind closed doors.

Think of the money you could save on security.