Past Midnight We End COP8 - And Ban Terminator has the last word

Staying past midnight to the very end of the COP8 meeting, the Ban Terminator Campaign spoke with the last statement in the plenary to thank all governments for coming to the common understanding of the importance of the CBD moratorium on Terminator.

As the Minister of Environment for Brazil and the Governor of Parana were both present, it was important to thank them both for their instrumental support for the moratorium. The people and Government of Brazil and Parana have supported the moratorium and this has been critical.

Since discussions on Terminator were actually quite limited, most delegations who would have spoken up for a ban on Terminator never had this chance. Instead they applauded the last statement of the Ban Terminator Campaign.