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To: LindyBill who wrote (41164)	8/31/2002 2:34:22 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If someone came from another planet, what would they think of this situation?: People in Zambia are hungry. Their politicians have had NO policy in place FOR YEARS to grow their own food for their own citizens. People from the United States send food. Unclear how much, if any other food comes from other world countries. If it doesn't, WHY NOT? Politicans from Zambia hold US corn, saying it is unfit to eat. People from US have been eating this product for several years now, without harm (to date) So, TIME FOR CHOICES.... People from Zambia are still hungry. Their politicians still withhold US corn. People from Zambia will starve. Their politicians say it is US's FAULT. People from outer space leave. This planet is totally uncivilized,and unworthy of attention for at least 2 billion more years. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "It is arrogant to tell the Zambians what food they must accept," she said. A Zambian scientist at the conference, known as the Earth Summit, also criticized Mr. Natsios' remarks. "What is sad is not that we are letting people starve, we are not," he said. "What is sad is people taking advantage of the desperate situation and forcing people to eat what they don't want to eat," Mwananyanda Lewonika said. U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization Director Jacques Diouf yesterday asked drought-hit southern African countries not to bar genetically modified food aid, saying the best available evidence determined it was safe. "The United Nations therefore believes that in the current crisis, governments in southern Africa must consider carefully the severe and immediate consequences of limiting food aid available for millions of people so desperately in need," Mr. Diouf said: "Their plight must weigh heavily on government decision-making." An estimated 13 million people face the threat of famine in southern Africa, and 300,000 people could die of starvation in the next six months, the United Nations says. But three countries affected by the crisis -- Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe -- have raised health and environmental concerns over the longer-term effects of genetically modified corn donated as emergency food aid. Zambia recently said it no longer would allow genetically modified food into the country. Mr. Lewonika, the Zambian scientist, said his government was right in seeking alternative corn imports from China, South Africa and Tanzania because no one was dying yet from starvation in his country. He said no supplies from these sources had arrived, while many tons of U.S. corn lay in warehouses. Many activists at the conference have been urging Zambia and others to turn away American corn.

To: LindyBill who wrote (41164)	9/1/2002 1:44:56 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 281500

A Zambian scientist at the conference, known as the Earth Summit, also criticized Mr. Natsios' remarks. "What is sad is not that we are letting people starve, we are not," he said. "What is sad is people taking advantage of the desperate situation and forcing people to eat what they don't want to eat," Mwananyanda Lewonika said. I doubt Mr. Lewonika has asked any of the starving what they do or do not want to eat, while he's munching on caviar at the Earth Summit... To turn it back around: "It is arrogant to tell the Zambians what food they must accept" Derek