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| | Earth Island Institute: Earth Island Journal - Fall 1996 |
 | | Joan Russow, coordinator of the Global Compliance Research Project in Victoria, British Columbia, pointedly observed that the majority of the best policy goals debated at Habitat II already had been codified in past treaties, accords, protocols, conventions and other agreements. |
 | | Russow championed another crucial point that was lost on almost everyone -- the promotion of "partnerships" between business and government. |
 | | Russow recalled that Article 167 of the action platform for the UN Women's Summit in Beijing insists that "all corporations, including transnational corporations, comply with national laws and codes, social security regulations... |
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