URGENT! Stop the UK blocking global declaration on small-scale farmers rights.

[Simon Fairlie]

Last year the USA and the UK were the only two countries to vote  
against the UN Declaration of Peasant Rights. Please sign this  
petition to stop them trying to block its adoption. You have only a  
few hours left  to do it. Here is the link:
>
> https://act.globaljustice.org.uk/urgent-stop-uk-government-blocking- 
> global-declaration-small-farmers%E2%80%99-rights? 
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> URGENT!
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> TO ALL LANDWORKERS' ALLIANCE MEMBERS, SUPPORTERS AND ALLIES.
>
> HELP US STOP THE UK FROM BLOCKING GLOBAL DECLARATION ON SMALL-SCALE  
> FARMERS AND PEASANTS RIGHTS.
>
> WE HAVE JUST 24 HOURS TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD!
> SIGN THE PETITION HERE
>
> SIGN THE PETITION HERE
> Dear all Landworkers' Alliance members, supporters and allies.
>
>
> The Landworkers' Alliance, the UK member of La Via Campesina have  
> just launched an urgent 24 hour petition calling on the UK  
> government to stop blocking the United Nations (UN) Declaration on  
> small-scale farmers and Peasant's Rights.
>
> This week at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in Geneva, the  
> Human Rights Council is in the final stages of negotiations to  
> approve a declaration of rights for small-scale farmers and  
> peasants around the world.
>
> It has taken 17 years to get to this point, led by social movements  
> such as La Via Campesina, and if approved the declaration will help  
> protect the livelihoods of small-scale farmers here in the UK and  
> all over the world.
>
> This Friday, the Human Rights Council will decide whether to  
> approve this declaration for adoption by the UN, and The  
> Landworkers' Alliance have just found out the UK government are  
> planning to vote against the adoption of the declaration.
>
> We urgently need to let the UK know that we, small scale farmers  
> and civil society unequivocally support this declaration and we  
> call on the Foreign Office not to vote against this declaration.
>
> Alongside the post-Brexit Agriculture Bill that is currently being  
> negotiated to better support ecological farming in the UK, we  
> believe the UN Declaration of Peasants Rights will empower farmers  
> around the world, now and in future generations.
>
> We urgently call on the UK foreign office to abstain from this  
> Declaration rather than vote against it.
>
> Please take action now and take a stand in solidarity with peasants  
> rights and small-scale farmers both here and around the world.
> Please sign and share widely amongst all your networks - we have  
> just 24 hours to make our voices heard!
>
> In solidarity,
>
> Dee Butterly, Jyoti Fernandes and Adam Payne
> The Landworkers' Alliance
>
>
> SIGN THE PETITION HERE
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