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Now that low income minorities are becoming the target of AIDS, service agencies are redefining their role

•A review of the five years since Rio, Earth Summit II showed collective irresponsibility by nation states for the earth's future •The special session of the UN General Assembly was

Statements of the world leaders at the Summit

The Denver meet set the tenor of non cooperation among the countries meeting at UNGASS

Indian attempts at lobbying in UNGASS

The Indian negotiators spoke up in time to oppose the convention on forests

Some of the points agreed to at Earth Summit II

The forest convention was the most controversial issue at the Summit. However, the G 77, a strident opposer, failed to act as a united force

Issues concerning the earth s future took a backseat as unseemly politics ruled the day at the just concluded Earth Summit II SUPRIYA AKERKAR reports from New York

Nothing more than a vote catcher, Andhra Pradesh s cheap rice scheme has resulted in an ecological disaster in its drought prone areas

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