The AP reports that Organizers short on cash for Earth Summit:
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Organizers of an upcoming world summit on the environment said Thursday they still need to raise about 130 million rand (dlrs 13 million) to host the event and about 65,000 delegates planning to attend.Only the United Nations would have 65,000 delegates for a meeting.
The World Summit on Sustainable Development, due to take place from Aug. 26 to Sept. 4 in Johannesburg, is a follow up to the 1992 Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has been billed as the biggest United Nations convention ever held.
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The event is expected to cost at least 550 million rand (dlrs 55 million), but only 420 million rand (dlrs 42 million) has been raised thus far.
