Post-2015
Plan Asks Less
Consumption
from Developed
World,
Embargoed
Podesta
UNITED
NATIONS, May
30 -- When the
UN "launched"
its report on
Post-2015
development
goals, it
promoted an
embargoed
press
conference,
emphasizing
that John
Podesta would
be here. In
fact,
the UN press
releases
listed only
Podesta.
[Here,
just after the
embargo, is
the Report.]
A 12-point
graphic
When
Inner City
Press was
called on,
third, it
thanked the
four panelists
on behalf of
the Free
UN Coalition
for Access,
and asked
Podesta if
the new plan
requires
developed
countries to
do more than
contribute
aid. How about
reducing
consumption?
Podesta
referred
the question
to another
panelist -
whose name was
not listed
in the UN's
press releases
- who said
that twice in
the plan there
are calls on
the developed
world to limit
consumption,
"low
carbon."
What
about
transparency,
accountability,
and poor
people's
participation?
There was no
time for this.
The press
conference was
embargoed --
so
much for live
tweeting --
and the
panelists had
to leave less
than a
half hour
after it was
scheduled to
begin.
The
report was given
to member
states well
before the
deadline. Were
they
pledged to
secrecy?
Was this an
attempt to hit
the airwaves
or
satellite TV
all at one
time? We'll
see,
literally.
Watch this
site.
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