《非洲民權社會聲明》的主要理由：轉基因技術在全球推出16年來未能兌現它們當初保證的任何一項“好處”!非洲400多家民權組織向非洲同盟提出緊急請愿性《非洲民權社會聲明》，呼吁2013年1月舉行的非洲聯盟大會上，對在非洲禁絕轉基因作物種植、進口與出口進行討論?！驹u論：英雄的中國人民必須向英雄的非洲人民學習：緊急呼吁2013“兩會”應順應民意對“禁絕轉基因作物種植、進口與出口進行討論”，首先禁絕全國所有大中小學食堂用餐使用“浸出”/轉基因油與所有轉基因食品!理由：轉基因技術在全球推出16年來未能兌現它們當初包裝的任何一項“好處”，對青少年與兒童健康有害無益，成為當代最大的偽科學騙局!】
African Civil Society calls on the African Union to ban genetically modified crops
非洲民權社會呼吁非洲同盟禁絕轉基因作物
-- 禁止抗草甘膦轉基因作物原料進口、開發、種植、銷售理由之335
-- The 335th reason to forbid import, development, growing and selling of RR soybeans
轉載翻譯者：陳一文([email protected])
Reposted and translated by: Chen I-wan ([email protected])
《轉基因技術與人類安全》研究專家、80年代前全國青聯委員
“GM Technology & Mankind Safety” researcher
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原文網址：《非洲生物安全中心》網站
Sunday, 25 November 2012 17:33 ( 2012-11-25)
An urgent appeal has been made to the African Union (AU) to discuss a ban on the cultivation, import and export of genetically modified (GM) crops in Africa at the next AU summit, to be held in January 2013. An African Civil Society Statement, signed by over 400 African organisations representing small-scale farmers, faith-based organisations, social movements, non-governmental organisations, organic producers, consumers, business people and ordinary citizens, has been sent to the Permanent Representative Council (PRC) of the AU. The statement was supported by a substantive document detailing the failure of GM technology to deliver any of its promised benefits since its global introduction some 16 years ago.
向非洲聯盟(AU)提出了一項緊急請愿，要求他們2013年1月舉行的非洲聯盟大會上，對在非洲禁絕轉基因作物種植、進口與出口進行討論。代表小農、基于信仰的組織、社會運動、非政府組織(NGO)、有機生產者、消費者、商業界人士與普通公民的非洲400多家組織聯署發表的一項非洲民權社會聲明，已經提交非洲同盟的常駐代表理事會(PRC)。該項聲明支持性實質內容附件，詳細列出轉基因技術在全球推出16年來未能兌現它們當初保證的任何一項好處。
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The group pointed to a dire lack of safety data on GM foods and condemned the patenting of life and the privatisation of agriculture that is threatening to dispossess African food producers of control over their production systems. They have requested that African leaders address the issue at next year’s Summit, themed “Pan Africanism and the African Renaissance”.
這些團體支持令人恐怖缺乏有關轉基因食品的安全性數據，斥責對生命授予專利以及農業的私有化，剝奪了非洲食品生產者對他們的生產系統的控制。他們要求非洲的領導者在議題為“泛非洲朱毅與非洲的復興”的非洲同盟2013年1月大會上對這個問題進行討論。
According to Ms. Elizabeth Mpofo, Chairperson of the East and Southern African Farmers Forum (ESAFF) and member of La Via Campesina, “corporate-owned, genetically modified seed won’t solve any of our problems. We have our own varieties, we have our own knowledge. We need to be supported so that we can flourish in the agricultural systems that are our heritage”.
依據伊麗薩白·莫珀佛女士，東南非洲農民論壇（ESAFF）主席以及La Via Campesina的成員，強調：“由某些公司擁有的轉基因種子不能解決我們的任何問題。我們有我們自己的品種，我們有我們自己的知識。我們需要的支持，是允許我們在屬于我們的遺產一部分的農業系統中興旺發達的支持”。
The appeal for a ban comes in the wake of an independent study on the long-term safety of GM maize. The peer-reviewed study, published in the Journal of Chemical and Food Toxicology in September 2012, found that GM maize and its related chemical, glyphosate, had significant impacts on the kidneys and livers of rats, their hormonal balance, mortality rates and life spans. Rats also developed significant cancerous tumours after the fourth month of the study.
該項請愿是法國科學家對轉基因玉米的安全性進行長期獨立研究驚醒的結果。該項經同行專家審查的研究，2012年9月發表在《化學與食品毒理學》雜志上，發現轉基因玉米及其相關的化學品草甘膦，對老鼠的腎臟與肝臟、對他們的激素平衡、死亡率與壽命，造成顯著影響。
Director of the African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) , Ms Mariam Mayet, explained that, “the results of this study have been discredited by scientific bodies with industry ties, but even they acknowledge that long-term safety studies do not exist and are necessary. Maize is a staple food for millions of Africans, making it imperative to ensure that it is safe in the long term”.
非洲生物安全中心主任瑪麗亞姆·梅耶特解釋，“轉基因產業關聯的科學界竭力損害該項研究的結果的聲譽，但是，即便他們也不得不承認，至今沒有進行這樣的長期的研究是必要的。玉米是數百萬非洲人的主糧，緊急必要保證玉米長期的安全性。
International law on genetically modified crops is underpinned by the “Precautionary Principle”, essentially a “prevention is better than cure” philosophy. It obliges authorities to stop all activity that may cause harm until safety is established.
對于轉基因作物國際法的基礎是“預防性原則”，實質上是一種“預防優于治療”的哲學。“預防性原則”要求政府當局停止一切可能造成危害的活動，一直到確立其安全性為止。
Kenya has moved swiftly to ban the import of GM food until proven safe while an Indian expert committee, constituted by the Indian government, has recommended a 10 year moratorium on GM food crops.
肯尼亞迅速禁止在證明安全前進口轉基因食品，印度政府組成的一個印度專家委員會則推薦轉基因作物種植暫停十年。
Dr Daniel Maingi of the Kenyan Coalition on Biodiversity, an umbrella organisation representing over 60 Kenyan organisations, congratulated the Kenyan government on their decision, saying that “the highest echelon of government has reaffirmed the need to protect Kenyan consumers, farmers, environment as well as animals, in spite of the pressure from the pro-GM lobby groups”.
肯尼亞生物多樣性聯盟的丹尼爾·梅因基，代表60個肯尼亞組織的聯盟性組織，對肯尼亞政府的決定表示祝賀，說“政府最高層再次確認有必要保護肯尼亞的消費者、農民、環境與動物，即便受到轉基因推手游說集團的壓力”。
The African Civil Society statement reminded the PRC that the “the African Union has played an important historical role in shaping global biosafety policy and shown admirable political will to protect African citizens. They must now show the rest of the world that GE crops can only be accepted when society is satisfied that their benefits outweigh the risks. Currently, that is not the case”.
非洲民權社會聲明提醒非洲同盟的常駐代表理事會（PRC）【注：縮寫PRC與中華人民共和國的縮寫PRC相同！】，“非洲同盟在構建全球生物安全性政策以及顯示令人稱嘆保護非洲公民政治愿望方面發揮了重要的歷史作用。他們現在必須向世界其他地方表明，僅在社會對轉基因作物的好處超過其風險令人滿意情況下才可能接受 。目前，不是這樣的情況”。
Mr Faustin Vuningoma, Secretary General of the PELUM Association, an African regional network representing over 200 organisations, said that its members “stand to fight for food sovereignty through securing indigenous seed rights and practising ecological systems of agriculture that are affordable to the small-scale farmers and sustainable to feeding the masses”.
代表200多個組織的非洲地區性網絡共享生態土地使用管理協會（PELUM Association）的法烏斯亭·瓦寧格瑪先生說，他們的成員“通過保障土生土長種子的權利為食物主權進行斗爭，而且實施小規模農民可以承擔的可持續向民眾提供食品的生態農業系統”。
Contact:
聯系人：
Ms. Elizabeth Mpofu, Chairperson East and Southern Africa Farmers Forum and La Via Campesina member.
Ms. Mariam Mayet, Director African Centre for Biosafety, +27 (0) 83 269 4309, [email protected]
Dr. Daniel Maingi, Director, Kenya Biodiversity Network (KBioc) [email protected]
Mr. Faustin Vuningoma, Secretary General, Participatory Ecological Land Use Management Association (PELUM)
tel: +260 211 257 115 mobile: +260 966 221 739 [email protected]
Mr. Boaventura Monjane, La Via Campesina Africa, communication team: [email protected]
Notes for editors:
Link to the African Civil Society
與非洲民權社會的鏈接：
Statement http://acbio.org.za/activist/index.php?m=u&f=dsp&petitionID=1
Supporting document, entitled, Supporting Documentation to the African Civil Society Statement Calling for a Ban on GMOs in Africa. Health, environmental, socio-economic impacts of GMOs; sixteen years of broken promises. http://www.acbio.org.za
Link to the Food and Chemical Toxicology study http://acbio.org.za/images/stories/dmdocuments/Seralin-2012-NK603-feeding-study.pdf
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