Eleven countries have formally objected to the political declarations that were scheduled to be adopted during the High Level Meetings (HLM) at the annual United Nations General Assembly.
The objections were conveyed in a letter dated 17 September 2023 to the President of the UN General Assembly H.E. Dennis Francis that was signed by the permanent representatives of the following countries.
Now it wants a liability shield to end the lawsuits, and it is determined to get it, by hook or by crook. Can we stop it? In 2018, Bayer acquired Monsanto, despite Monsanto starting to lose legal cases in which Roundup was alleged to have caused cancer. It must have looked like a clever deal to Bayer, with the litigation reducing Monsanto’s price. But Bayer did not foresee that the Roundup litigation could get out of hand.
