[Celtic Party] "Deployment of navy (for Shell Oil) a gross over-reaction by Government"

"The full text of the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (i.e. The Aarhus Convention Agreement) can be found via the United Nations page address provided below ..."

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Our government has been reneging on a United Nations international agreement for several years now
by Tom Tom Sat Aug 30, 2008 21:29

Our Government's failure to ratify the United Nations Aarhus Convention Agreement, which it signed in 1998, needs to be raised in the very worst of a way at this stage.

Even though it has not ratified it, our Government is still obliged -- having SIGNED this international agreement, which is possibly the most environmentally- friendly and socially benign agreement in human history -- to abide by it.

Instead, our Government has been consistently ignoring and undermining it (for the past 10 years): and getting away with it -- so far at least.

"It (The Aarhus Convention Agreement) links environmental rights and human rights."

"It links government accountability and environmental protection."

"The subject of the Aarhus Convention goes to the heart of the relationship between people and governments. "

The full text of the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (i.e. The Aarhus Convention Agreement) can be found via the following United Nations page address: http://www.unece. org/env/pp/treatytext. htm

As can be seen on the following United Nations list, the Republic of Ireland (listed simply as "Ireland") signed the agreement on June 25th 1998:  http://www.unece.org/env/pp/ctreaty_files/ctreaty_2007_03_27.htm    

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The above text has been taken from the following Indymedia (Ireland) location:
http://www.indymedia. ie/article/88898# comment235048

BACKUP COPY:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/IndyMediaIreland/30August2008/Post.htm#comment235048 

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