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By NEIL SYSON
THE sickening champagne and caviar lifestyle being enjoyed by Earth Summit delegates was exposed yesterday.
They are gorging on mountains of lobster, oysters and fillet steak at the Johannesburg conference — aimed at ending FAMINE.
As the summit began yesterday, desperate kids in nearby shanty towns queued for water at standpipes.
Bigwig politicians among the 60,000 delegates, including Deputy PM John Prescott, also get vintage bubbly and brandy.
Taxpayers are footing the £500,000 bill for the 70-strong British party. Friends of the Earth called the extravagance “deplorable”.
The chef is in charge of meals at Johannesburg’s five-star Michelangelo Hotel, where world leaders and other VIP delegates are staying during the “save the planet” conference, which opened yesterday.
While people are going hungry at shanty towns just a couple of miles away, Mr Morgan told how he had stocked up with an extraordinary array of delicacies and fine wines.
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The huge bill is paid for by taxpayers of participating nations including Britain.
Mr Morgan said: “Whether they want Beluga caviar, foie gras or bacon sandwiches — we have it all.
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The £35million summit — aimed at combating hunger, poverty and pollution — is centred around Sandton, the most exclusive suburb in Africa.
Yet close by, families scratch a desperate existence in the sprawling shanty town of Alexandra.
They live in corrugated shacks. Hungry children play among piles of rubbish and queue for water at standpipes.
The average weekly wage for the few who work in the township is less than the cost of a vintage brandy at the Michelangelo.
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The 60,000 summit delegates from 182 countries are expected to drink 80,000 bottles of mineral water during the conference.
Yet each day 6,000 African children die from diseases caused by contaminated water.
Several other environmental issues will be discussed at the ten-day summit, organised by the United Nations.
But in another ironic twist, hundreds of trees have been felled around the conference centre so fleets of limousines will have unhindered access.
The 70-strong British delegation, led by Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett, is costing taxpayers £500,000.
Tony Blair is scheduled to address the summit for half an hour. He will spend less than 12 hours in his £550-a-night suite, complete with butler service, at the Michelangelo.
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The criticism was brushed off by Downing Street last night.
A spokesman said: “I don’t think we will be going into these aspects of the summit.”
US President George Bush is NOT attending Johannesburg, even though he is the leader of the world’s biggest polluter.
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source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2002391624,00.html
THE sickening champagne and caviar lifestyle being enjoyed by Earth Summit delegates was exposed yesterday.
They are gorging on mountains of lobster, oysters and fillet steak at the Johannesburg conference — aimed at ending FAMINE.
As the summit began yesterday, desperate kids in nearby shanty towns queued for water at standpipes.
Bigwig politicians among the 60,000 delegates, including Deputy PM John Prescott, also get vintage bubbly and brandy.
Taxpayers are footing the £500,000 bill for the 70-strong British party. Friends of the Earth called the extravagance “deplorable”.
The chef is in charge of meals at Johannesburg’s five-star Michelangelo Hotel, where world leaders and other VIP delegates are staying during the “save the planet” conference, which opened yesterday.
While people are going hungry at shanty towns just a couple of miles away, Mr Morgan told how he had stocked up with an extraordinary array of delicacies and fine wines.
...
The huge bill is paid for by taxpayers of participating nations including Britain.
Mr Morgan said: “Whether they want Beluga caviar, foie gras or bacon sandwiches — we have it all.
...
The £35million summit — aimed at combating hunger, poverty and pollution — is centred around Sandton, the most exclusive suburb in Africa.
Yet close by, families scratch a desperate existence in the sprawling shanty town of Alexandra.
They live in corrugated shacks. Hungry children play among piles of rubbish and queue for water at standpipes.
The average weekly wage for the few who work in the township is less than the cost of a vintage brandy at the Michelangelo.
...
The 60,000 summit delegates from 182 countries are expected to drink 80,000 bottles of mineral water during the conference.
Yet each day 6,000 African children die from diseases caused by contaminated water.
Several other environmental issues will be discussed at the ten-day summit, organised by the United Nations.
But in another ironic twist, hundreds of trees have been felled around the conference centre so fleets of limousines will have unhindered access.
The 70-strong British delegation, led by Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett, is costing taxpayers £500,000.
Tony Blair is scheduled to address the summit for half an hour. He will spend less than 12 hours in his £550-a-night suite, complete with butler service, at the Michelangelo.
...
The criticism was brushed off by Downing Street last night.
A spokesman said: “I don’t think we will be going into these aspects of the summit.”
US President George Bush is NOT attending Johannesburg, even though he is the leader of the world’s biggest polluter.
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source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2002391624,00.html
