Irish NGOs locked out of Copenhagen talks

Posted on December 16, 2009 at 01:29 PM

Speaking from outside the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Labour MEP Nessa Childers has slammed the decision by conference organizers to ‘lock out  non-governmental environmental groups from witnessing a defining moment in history’.

Nessa Childers said, “This Conference was supposed to be about openly and honestly tackling the great challenge of our time in an accountable and transparent way. Try telling that to Irish NGOs such as An Grian, who were among the hundreds of expert groups barred from entering the conference venue today.  I spoke to An Grian founder Pat Finnegan myself in the queue outside, and heard first hand his anger at the Irish government.

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