PHA-Exch> Biofuels as "Crime against Humanity"

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Betsie Weil bbweil at yahoo.com

UN Official: Biofuels Are a "Crime Against Humanity"
The United Nations special rapporteur on the right to
food, Jean Ziegler, has called for the suspension of
biofuels production. He said it is a major cause for
the food crisis that has thrown millions into poverty.

Jean Ziegler: "Biofuels, with today's current
production methods, are a crime against a great part
of humanity. They're an intolerable crime, and I
requested the United Nations General Assembly in New
York in my last report to the Human Rights Council
that a moratorium be imposed as a five-year ban
against this transformation."

According to Jean Ziegler, the United States burned
138 million tons of corn last year and transformed it
into bioethanol and biodiesel. In an interview with Al
Jazeera, Ziegler said, "Burning food today so as to
serve the mobility of the rich countries is a crime
against humanity." Ziegler's comments came while the
UN held an emergency summit in Switzerland to tackle
the global food crisis.
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