CODEX NGO ACTION

"Don't force your International Standard on us!
Don't deprive us of our rights to choose!"
From March 11 to 14, the final Session of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology will be held in Yokohama. During the period, we, NO! GMO Campaign, together with Stop! GM-Rice Co-op Network and Save the Great Earth are organizing CODEX NGO Action with the following program.

March 11 (Tuesday): Appeal to the participants in the meeting of Task Force

9:00 - 10:00 Handing out Appeal papers to the participants in the meeting in
Yokohama (at the entrance of Conference Building)
12:00 - 12:40 Street Action (Handing out Appeal papers) in Yokohama
March 14 (Friday): Meeting inside the Diet and Protest action to Monsanto
13:00-15:00 Meeting inside the Diet (Discussion with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
15:00-15:30 Street Action (March and protest action to Monsanto from the Diet Building to Ginza 4-chome)
16:00-17:00 Protest action to Monsanto

March 15 (Saturday): CODEX NGO Report Meeting
Place: Minami Ohtsuka Hall (2-36-1 Minami Ohtsuka, Toshima-ku, Tokyo)

12:00 Opening
12:20-12:50 Live band performance (Love-Earch Network)
12:50-14:10 Briefing on the 4-years Codex Task Force Meetings on Biotechnology
(Reports from Michael Hansen and other NGO participants in the CODEX Meeting)
14:10-14:20 Interval
14:20-14:40 Live band performance (Love-Earth Network)
14:45-15:35 EU Labelling system (Bruno Heinzer,Greenpeace International)
15:35-16:20 Plans for future activities (Keisuke Amagasa)

Contact:No! GMO Campaign 1-10-16 Meguro Hon-cho, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-0002 JAPAN
TEL:(81)-3-5794-6861 FAX:(81)-3-3715-9378
E-Mail: no-gmo@jca.apc.org
URL: http://www.no-gmo.org


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