General Stubblebine and I landed today in Africa. Because I do not want to stimulate counter pressure, I will call this African country merely “Country #1”. We have been traveling for about 30 hours and finally got here. We are in a major regional trading center but it is not the capital of the country. In order to meet with the Minister of Health we will get in a car tomorrow and drive about 500 km (415 miles, to be exact) to meet with him . Then we turn around and drive back to the first city to meet with the First Lady and the Heads of the Codex Committee process and other decision makers. This is a country firmly committed to health and development and we hope for real committment to a pro-health alliance at Codex.
This is a great place to start: we already have some friends in this country who are part of the system. This is very hopeful. We will be discussing the “Codex Two Step”, the procedure by which any country in the world has the ability to protect themselves from the damage done by Codex in any area but, of course, they have to know what their options are.
We have brought with us many copies of the Codex eBook, (http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/resources/books.shtml) to give to these decision makers. We have made this important book available for you to download. If you want to understand Codex, this is a great resourced. We also have copies of “Nutricide” the DVD” to educate the communities of the history and reality of Codex. (You can watch it by going to http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/aboutcodex/dvd.shtml to purchase it!).
I do not expect to have internet every day and know that this trip will be grueling. However, if you can stick with me, I’ll keep you directly posted on what’s happening for Health and Freedom in Africa, the Codex ALIMENTARIUS Commission, India and [we expect], China. Bookmark this page and check back regularly!
Yours in health and freedom,
Rima E. Laibow, MD
Medical Director