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
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| 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)
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| 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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