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1、January13,2003AmbassadorTonyHallUSMissiontotheUNAgenciesforFoodandAgriculturePSC59Box31APO,AE09624DearAmbassadorHall,Enclosedpleasefindaletteraddressedtoyoufrom52organizationsand45individualsfrom31countriesaroundtheworld.Iwillbehappytocirculateyourreplytoallofthem,ifyouwouldkindlysenditto
2、mebyemailorpost:KristinDawkins,VicePresidentforInternationalProgramsInstituteforAgricultureandTradePolicy2105FirstAvenueSouthMinneapolis,MN55404===================January16,2003TO:TonyHallU.S.AmbassadortotheUnitedNationsFoodandAgricultureAgenciesDearAmbassadorHall,Wethe
3、undersignedcitizensofmanycountriesoneverycontinentdeploreyourinflammatoryremarks(ReutersNewsService,December9)suggestingthatAfricanleaderswhorejectgeneticallyengineeredfoodaidshouldbetried"forthehighestcrimesagainsthumanityinthehighestcourtsoftheworld."Thisrecklesscommentreeksofhypocrisya
4、ndbadpoliticaljudgmentandhasnolegalbasisininternationallaw.ItservesonlytofurtherdamagethereputationoftheU.S.governmentalreadysufferingforitsunilateral,aggressiveandabusiveforeignpolicy.Anapologyisinorder.TheU.S.hasneversupportedthehighestcourtintheworld,theU.N.-sponsoredInternationalCrimi
5、nalCourt.Tothecontrary,itsoughttopreventitsexistenceandsinceitsestablishmentinJuly2002,theU.S.hasusedintensediplomaticpressuretoweakenitsimplementationbyothercountries.ToinvokethisinstitutionnowinchallengingZambiaandotherAfricannationsovertheirsovereignrighttorejectfoodsthatEuropeancountr
6、iesandmanyothershavesimilarlyrejectedisutterlydisingenuous.Infact,theonlycountrydeprivingAfricansofmuch-neededfoodreliefistheU.S.,whenitinsiststhatitsdonationof$51millionbespentONLYforU.S.-sourcedgrains.Thepurchaseofnon-geneticallyengineeredfoodfromotherAfricancountries,Brazil,China,Hunga
7、ry,Russiaandotherregionsasyetfreeofgeneticcontaminationwouldreadilyalleviatetheimpendingfaminesandatthesametimestimulateagriculturalproductivityandeconomicdevelopmentintheseregions.Infact,some70%ofallcornproducedintheU.S.isstillnotgeneticallyengineered-soyoucouldeve
