Posted on 08/30/2002 11:59:34 AM PDT by efnwriter
Earth Summit delegates feast while discussing starvation 27-08-2002, 11:45
The Michelangelo Hotel, South Africa Delegates to the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, who are meeting to discuss starvation and poverty, are feasting on extravagant foods and fine wines flown in from around the world. British newspaper “The Sun”, which exposed the story on Tuesday, also claimed that hundreds of trees had been cut down around the conference center to make room for limousines bringing delegates in to discuss how to prevent damage to the environment.
Known as the “Earth Summit”, the UN conference opened on 26 August with a call by South Africa President Thabo Mbeki for practical measures that will help humanity improve the lives of people everywhere. Over the nine days of the conference, some 60,000 delegates representing governments, NGOs and businesses are expected to work on a wide range of issues that will improve people’s lives while protecting the environment. The United Nations defined the key goals for the conference as poverty eradication and reversing environmental degradation.
British newspaper “The Sun” revealed that the delegates who were gathered to discuss the issues of poverty and hunger were being treated to five star cuisine and large feasts. The chef of the exclusive Michelangelo Hotel told the newspaper that huge quantities of fine foods and wines had been flown in from throughout the world to cater to the appetites of the thousands of delegates.
Chef Desmond Morgan said that 5,000 oysters, more than 1,000lbs of lobster and other shellfish, buckets of caviar and piles of pâté de foie gras had been stockpiled, along with more than 4,400lbs of fillet steak and chicken breasts, 450lbs of salmon, 220lbs of a tasty South African fish called kingclip — and more than 1,000lbs of bacon and sausages. Vintage champagne, fine wines, spirits and liqueurs have been flown in from around the globe so the VIPs can wash down their meals in style, and Mr. Morgan declared: “Money is no object.”
The summit has been sealed off by concrete barriers and metal fences, and is guarded by an 8,000-person security force, perhaps because it is located near the very populated and very poor township of Alexandra.
In another twist of irony, according to the newspaper the conference meant to discuss ways to protect the environment has caused hundreds of trees to be cut down. This was done in order to make room for the fleets of limousines bringing the delegates to the event.(www.albawaba.com)
It's just another show and tell, nothing more nothing less.
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