FSM10: Intervencion de Pablo Solón, embajador de Bolivia ante la ONU
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Tras el fracaso de la Cumbre sobre el Clima en Copenhague, el presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, ha convocado una nueva Cumbre de los Pueblos para el Cambio Climático y la Madre Tierra, a ser celebrada en Cochabamba, Bolivia, en abril. Pablo Solón, durante un encuentro organisado para la red Climate Justice Now en Porto Alegre, explica las razones y las expectativas del gobierno boliviano y hace un llamamiento a los movimientos sociales y al Foro Social mundial a participar en masa. ABSRACT TRANSLATION BELOW by Tony Phillips
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| Produced by | Jason Nardi |
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| Produced | Jan 28, 2010 |
| Production Company | Arcoiris tv |
Full Description
For those of you who don't speak Spanish is to a fairly
long video of a speech with rough audio where Pablo Solon speaks to
various topics which many of us will find relatively dear to our hearts
at the World Social Forum in Brazil. What follows below is a loose
resume of what he says in English, if the video could later be
subtitled or a formal translation done all the better, I'm afraid I
don't have time to do that but I hope this will be useful in the
meantime ...
His excellency Solon begins by talking about the Copenhagen
closed door negotiations, unacceptable 3:00AM impositions with options
of "sixty minutes to approve" subsequently refused by Venezuela, Cuba,
Nicaragua, Tuvalu (& Bolivia) leading to the weak "noted"
non-agreement.
He goes on to speak to current strategy of major economies to
force "the agreement" down their throats of the G77 which is still
trying to negotiate as a block -- Solon emphasizes the importance of
unity and especially with the BASIS countries.
The "offer" he says will not work, comparing the Bolivian offer
of 49% cuts for 2017/2020 with the derisory US offer of 3-4%, he
describes it as not just insufficient but inadequate and going in the
wrong direction (killing Kyoto on the way). He goes on to speak about
various derisory offers of money and carbon market mechanisms (again
unacceptable, unworkable and insufficient).
Finally he calls on social movements and talks to the proposed
April meeting in Cochabamba. Solon discusses the following suggestions
to meet structural problems underlying the capitalist economic system
itself emphasizing the need for "very" large social pressures to drive
the system change.
-- rights for nature / mother earth ("La Pachamama" to the Quetcha and the Aymara)
UN universal declaration of rights.
-- UN tribunal for climate justice which will have teeth for
multinationals and nations if they fail to comply.
-- Climate Migrant rights` -- US, Europe and Japan (responsible for climate change)
need to receive these migrants
-- Movement for 100 million people to demonstrate across the planet -- level of
global action needs to be larger than ever to bring visibility to the demands from
Cochabamba.
