《非洲民权社会声明》的主要理由：转基因技术在全球推出16年来未能兑现它们当初保证的任何一项“好处”!非洲400多家民权组织向非洲同盟提出紧急请愿性《非洲民权社会声明》，呼吁2013年1月举行的非洲联盟大会上，对在非洲禁绝转基因作物种植、进口与出口进行讨论。【评论：英雄的中国人民必须向英雄的非洲人民学习：紧急呼吁2013“两会”应顺应民意对“禁绝转基因作物种植、进口与出口进行讨论”，首先禁绝全国所有大中小学食堂用餐使用“浸出”/转基因油与所有转基因食品!理由：转基因技术在全球推出16年来未能兑现它们当初包装的任何一项“好处”，对青少年与儿童健康有害无益，成为当代最大的伪科学骗局!】
African Civil Society calls on the African Union to ban genetically modified crops
非洲民权社会呼吁非洲同盟禁绝转基因作物
-- 禁止抗草甘膦转基因作物原料进口、开发、种植、销售理由之335
-- The 335th reason to forbid import, development, growing and selling of RR soybeans
转载翻译者：陈一文([email protected])
Reposted and translated by: Chen I-wan ([email protected])
《转基因技术与人类安全》研究专家、80年代前全国青联委员
“GM Technology & Mankind Safety” researcher
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原文网址：《非洲生物安全中心》网站
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.
向非洲联盟(AU)提出了一项紧急请愿，要求他们2013年1月举行的非洲联盟大会上，对在非洲禁绝转基因作物种植、进口与出口进行讨论。代表小农、基于信仰的组织、社会运动、非政府组织(NGO)、有机生产者、消费者、商业界人士与普通公民的非洲400多家组织联署发表的一项非洲民权社会声明，已经提交非洲同盟的常驻代表理事会(PRC)。该项声明支持性实质内容附件，详细列出转基因技术在全球推出16年来未能兑现它们当初保证的任何一项好处。
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下载《非洲民权社会声明》葡萄牙文版pdf文件网址：
http://www.acbio.org.za/images/stories/dmdocuments/Ban-GMOs-in-Africa_AU_PR_25.11.12-porto.pdf
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”.
这些团体支持令人恐怖缺乏有关转基因食品的安全性数据，斥责对生命授予专利以及农业的私有化，剥夺了非洲食品生产者对他们的生产系统的控制。他们要求非洲的领导者在议题为“泛非洲朱毅与非洲的复兴”的非洲同盟2013年1月大会上对这个问题进行讨论。
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”.
依据伊丽萨白·莫珀佛女士，东南非洲农民论坛（ESAFF）主席以及La Via Campesina的成员，强调：“由某些公司拥有的转基因种子不能解决我们的任何问题。我们有我们自己的品种，我们有我们自己的知识。我们需要的支持，是允许我们在属于我们的遗产一部分的农业系统中兴旺发达的支持”。
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.
该项请愿是法国科学家对转基因玉米的安全性进行长期独立研究惊醒的结果。该项经同行专家审查的研究，2012年9月发表在《化学与食品毒理学》杂志上，发现转基因玉米及其相关的化学品草甘膦，对老鼠的肾脏与肝脏、对他们的激素平衡、死亡率与寿命，造成显著影响。
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玛丽亚姆·梅耶特解释，“转基因产业关联的科学界竭力损害该项研究的结果的声誉，但是，即便他们也不得不承认，至今没有进行这样的长期的研究是必要的。玉米是数百万非洲人的主粮，紧急必要保证玉米长期的安全性。
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.
对于转基因作物国际法的基础是“预防性原则”，实质上是一种“预防优于治疗”的哲学。“预防性原则”要求政府当局停止一切可能造成危害的活动，一直到确立其安全性为止。
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.
肯尼亚迅速禁止在证明安全前进口转基因食品，印度政府组成的一个印度专家委员会则推荐转基因作物种植暂停十年。
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”.
肯尼亚生物多样性联盟的丹尼尔·梅因基，代表60个肯尼亚组织的联盟性组织，对肯尼亚政府的决定表示祝贺，说“政府最高层再次确认有必要保护肯尼亚的消费者、农民、环境与动物，即便受到转基因推手游说集团的压力”。
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”.
非洲民权社会声明提醒非洲同盟的常驻代表理事会（PRC）【注：缩写PRC与中华人民共和国的缩写PRC相同！】，“非洲同盟在构建全球生物安全性政策以及显示令人称叹保护非洲公民政治愿望方面发挥了重要的历史作用。他们现在必须向世界其他地方表明，仅在社会对转基因作物的好处超过其风险令人满意情况下才可能接受 。目前，不是这样的情况”。
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多个组织的非洲地区性网络共享生态土地使用管理协会（PELUM Association）的法乌斯亭·瓦宁格玛先生说，他们的成员“通过保障土生土长种子的权利为食物主权进行斗争，而且实施小规模农民可以承担的可持续向民众提供食品的生态农业系统”。
Contact:
联系人：
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
与非洲民权社会的链接：
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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