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UN irks Australia by recommending that Great Barrier Reef be listed 'in danger'
Reuters via msn ^ | 21 Jun 2021 | Colin Packham

Posted on 06/23/2021 10:27:54 PM PDT by blueplum

CANBERRA (Reuters) -The Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of World Heritage Sites that are "in danger", a United Nations panel said on Tuesday, drawing an angry response from Australia, which called the recommendation politically motivated.

...Defending Australia's efforts to protect the reef, Environment Minister Sussan Ley said Canberra would challenge the recommendation, saying some hidden agenda had influenced its findings.

...China chairs the UNESCO committee, but when queried in parliament, Ley declined to say if she was pointing the finger at Beijing.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a government official told Reuters that China had been responsible for the committee's .....

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: china; greatbarrierreef; tourism; unesco
Basically if the GBR goes from 'world heritage site' to 'endangered' then the Australian tourism business gets the can because of use restrictions.

Australia feels this is retaliatory for criticizing China over the CCPVirus.

1 posted on 06/23/2021 10:27:54 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

The Communists used to think they’d win because the Capitalists would sell them the rope for the hanging. Now the CCP just has to buy a few “democratic” elections and gain control of the key globalist institutions which all long ago outlived their usefulness.


2 posted on 06/23/2021 10:30:25 PM PDT by No_Mas_Obama
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To: blueplum

The UN wants to be the boss of everything.

Piss off buzzards!


3 posted on 06/23/2021 11:15:05 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Folks, if you haven't yet, please start an automatic monthly for Jim and his crew.)
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To: DoughtyOne

China is pulling the world strings since the USA is now history.


4 posted on 06/23/2021 11:24:35 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: DoughtyOne

“The UN wants to be the boss of everything.”

The globalists want a world government with the UN being that government and Obama as world president. That is what Obama seeks also. That is also the goal of our Democrat/Socialist/Marxist/Progressive party now running the Congress and White House.


5 posted on 06/24/2021 4:37:27 AM PDT by elpadre ( )
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To: shanover

Well, it doesn’t look good for the United States right now,
that’s for sure. Calamity has a way of changing things.

We’ll see.

I’m not even convinced China can hold it’s own powder keg
together in the long run.


6 posted on 06/24/2021 9:36:19 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Folks, if you haven't yet, please start an automatic monthly for Jim and his crew.)
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To: DoughtyOne

I have seen that since Clinton’s day. I think he could have
been their man, but it looked too much like work to him, and
like too much of a corrupt rapist pedophile to them.


7 posted on 06/24/2021 9:38:00 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Folks, if you haven't yet, please start an automatic monthly for Jim and his crew.)
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