The email below represents a major forward movement in the Natural Solutions Foundation drive to energize sophisticated and effective opposition to Codex destroying good, clean food on a world-wide basis!
The Codex delegate of this African country (you can easily imagine why the name of the country and delegate are protected) wants his fellow Africans and their supporters (like the Natural Solutions Foundation) to work together to press the advantage that they secured by working together during the Working Group in Accra, Ghana (Feb. 2008) to stop the US from including language which would have left any country banning, or even labeling, Genetically Modified (GM) foods open to a World Trade Organization punishment. They saw the game, got together a very effective coalition and pushed back against the Biotech interests being advanced by the US.
But it gets better. At the end, you will see a request from this articulate and very articulate scientist to bring our advanced technologies, which are part of the International Decade of Nutrition, to his country.
This is thrilling, of course. With your generous support, we can go to the meetings and bring the agricultural improvements which eliminate the need for pesticide and increase both yield and nutrient density safely for the environment and the farmer as well. Click here (http://drrimatruthreports.com/index.php?page_id=189) to make a generous donation (recurring ones are particularly helpful) to make sure that the Natural Solutions Foundation is at these meetings, strategizing for health freedom with the African countries and their supporters in the coalitions we have worked so hard to build.
Yours in health and freedom,
Rima E. Laibow, MD
Medical Director
Natural Solutions Foundation
www.HealthFreedomUSA.org
www.GlobalHealthFreedom.org
Dear Dr. Rima Laibow,
To me and many who attended the Working Group meeting [on labeling of genetically modified foods] in Ghana [in February, 2008], the move we took [to force back the US labeling strategy and the associated attempt to set up countries banning GM foods for World Trade Organization sanctions] was exceptional and very rare in the history of such meetings. [Emphasis mine – REL] But a lot of effort was made starting with the meeting in Kampala, Uganda organized by the USA Department of Agriculture. We need more concrete scientific evidence and very logical reasoning to further advance the success of the African bloc, joined by it allies on this matter, by greater successes in Ottawa and Geneva. We resolve that all the African delegates who represented their countries in Ghana, should make an effort to represent their countries again in Ottawa, Canada. This way it will be a lot easier for us to forge ahead with that kind of solidarity. New faces may not be able to understand what we achieved in Ghana.
We all know and strongly believe that the reasons being advanced by the US, Canada and their allies is a scientific fallacy, but to provide a formidable road block to the US “chess move” to declare all foods (including GM) safe and thus requiring no labeling, needs a lot of concerted efforts. We need support from all people of good will in order to succeed in this endeavour. It took us time and logical reasoningto convince Nigeria to speak with all of us in one voice. [Nigeria was a co-author of the paper with which the US tried force the deceptive language saying that food on the market should be regarded as safe into Codex. Once adopted, that language would allow the US and its allies to take countries who blocked the legally “safe” GM foods to the World Trade Organization for sanctions to be levied againstthose nations -REL] We need the number and that is why I think we should try to find ways and means have a number of African countries represented in Ottawa and if possible we should have a pre-conference meeting and other subsequent side meetings for our group. That way we shall definitely have some headway.
Though I have not yet secured sufficient funding for the Ottawa Meeting, I still have very high hope of making it. In the mean time let us share any information that might be useful to fine tune our position papers for the forthcoming Meeting.
Regarding the Natural Solutions Foundation, I am very much interested in learning from you how we can make our contribution towards the improvement of the agricultural output, nutrient density and decreased water usage of crops without the addition of any pesticide, fertilizer or other expensive and dangerous chemicals here in Uganda. I am sure this shall be of great help to our rural poor farmers and to the
country at large. It would very nicely fit within the framework of our national policy of modernization of agriculture to reduce rural poverty and improve on household food security.
As a way forward, I think we should explore means and ways of how we can get started here in XXX. We should aim to start small and grow rapidly in XXX and subsequently in East and Central Africa. XXX can be a very good entry point bearing in mind that the East African cooperation is expanding fast to include countries like Rwanda and Burundi.
Hoping to hear from you soon. My best regards to General Stubblebine, the President of the Foundation.
Name withheld.
