COMMENTS ON THE JO'BURG MEMO

World Summit Paper #18; Comments on the Jo'burg Memo; with contributions from David Fig, Angel Ibarra, Martin Khor, Fred Luks, Wangari Maathai, Daniel Mittler, Ricardo Navarro, José Ramos-Horta, and Silvia Ribeiro.

Among the host of documents published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in the “run-up” to the WSSD, the Jo'burg Memo – Fairness in a Fragile World stands out for various reasons: for the quality of its writing, and by the positive reception it received wherever it was presented. It was translated in more languages than any other of our publications, and probably than any other document presented by the NGO community in Johannesburg. Our intention was to spur public debate and increase an awareness of certain is-sues in the discussions around the Summit.

There were numerous debates on the Memo i the run up and during the World Summit. Some of the comments have now been compiled in this World Summit Paper. A glace at the Memo’s list of authors and commentators reflects the diversity of our international network, from North to South, from East to West, from NGOs, science, politics and business. Whereas the Memo is one joint piece of work, the comments on the Memo compiled in this World Summit Paper are single pieces, each reflecting dif-ferent points of view and highlighting different aspects. We would like to thank the authors David Fig, Angel Ibarra, Martin Khor, Fred Luks, Wangari Maathai, Daniel Mittler, Ricardo Navarro, José Ramos-Horta, and Silvia Ribeiro.

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