Day 241 - 26 Apr 96 - Page 45
1 holders have to be resettled into the Amazone, where
2 thereafter they destroy the rainforest.
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4 "I have proof of those links and have put them forward in
5 many discussions with McDonald's managers on radio and TV
6 and on events of stage discussions. McDonald's could not
7 so far credibly disprove these facts.
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9 "I would like to give evidence to those points (anti-trade
10 unionist, damages of health through McDonald's products and
11 others) in court.
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13 "My name is Siegfried Pater, born 26.2.1945" ------
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You need not give the rest.
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17 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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19 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He is living in Germany.
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21 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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23 "Supplement to the declaration". This one is actually
24 dated 28th July. This is the last one. "I would like to
25 specify two problem areas in connection with McDonald's.
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27 As Third World expert (over 20 book publications on the
28 subject 'The Third World'; former member of the Management
29 Committee of the German (Third World) Development Agency",
30 then there is a star with a reference at the bottom, "These
31 are names of associations - political groups which cannot
32 be" ---
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: "... easily translated".
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36 MR. MORRIS: -- "easily translated" -- "directly translated".
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: "... Directly translated", yes, thank you.
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40 MR. MORRIS: Continuing to read: "... development agency,
41 Berlin, Executive Board Member of the Henrich - Boll -
42 Foundation, Koln, Managing Director of the Bureau of Advice
43 concerning Latin America, Bonn, Member of the Board of
44 Directors of the working party 'Learn and help in
45 Overseas", Bonn, Founder Member of the Federal Congress for
46 (Third World) Development Political Action Groups, Hamburg
47 and others), I am able to show the link between the
48 expansion of the biggest fast-food chain, the worldwide
49 expanding Corporation McDonald's and the escalation of
50 hunger in the world.
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52 "Whereas in Brazil about half of the population suffers
53 from hunger, soya is not being sold or distributed to the
54 people, but is for export where it will be fed to
55 McDonald's cattle. Today in Brazil about 20 per cent of
56 the", something "land is used for soya".
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think it is "farmland".
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60 MR. MORRIS: "Farmland", yes. "20 per cent of the farmland is
