“some leaders believe their narrow national economic interests take primacy over the existence and well-being of the entire world” 2009

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2009Dec6: Sudan’s Lumumba Di-Aping, a lead negotiator for the G77/China bloc at the Copenhagen talks: “A deal can be done; the science is clear, the economics are clear, the legal issues are clear. The question is that some leaders believe their narrow national economic interests take primacy over the existence and well-being of the entire world” (BBC).

Reference: BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8397742.stm

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