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World summit

7 September 2002

“The rest of the world has to stand up to the axis of environmental evil that is the US backed by Canada and Australia.”

Tony Juniper, vice-chair of Friends of the Earth International, at the World Summit in Joburg (29 August)

“Castro, Gaddafi, Mugabe and Blair. There goes the neighbourhood.”

Advertising billboard for 702 Talk Radio outside the conference centre

“How much faster things would happen if delegates were given a tin bucket of grimy water, purification tablets and no electricity.”

Correspondent Jenny Ridyard (The Citizen, Joburg, 26 August)

“We want global environmental standards for corporations, with sanctions that include dissolving the companies. Sending CEOs to…

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