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In his address, Mr Ahmadinejad launched a scathing attack on Israel, accusing it of adopting “inhuman policies” in the Palestinian territories.
He claimed greater global freedom and the “awakening of nations” would force Israel to abandon its “hypocrisy and vicious attitudes”.
“It is no longer acceptable that a small minority would dominate the politics, economy and culture of major parts of the world by its complicated networks, and establish a new form of slavery, and harm the reputation of other nations, even European nations and the US, to attain its racist ambitions,” he said.
British delegates joined American and French representatives in leaving the room at the UN headquarters at this point.
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U.N. climate meeting was propaganda: Czech president | U.S. | Reuters
“It was sad and it was frustrating,” said [Czech President Vaclav] Klaus, one of the world’s most vocal skeptics on the topic of global warming.
“It’s a propagandistic exercise where 13-year-old girls from some far-away country perform a pre-rehearsed poem,” he said. “It’s simply not dignified.”
At the opening of the summit attended by nearly 100 world leaders, 13-year-old Yugratna Srivastava of India told the audience that governments were not doing enough to combat the threat of climate change.
Klaus said there were increasing doubts in the scientific community about whether humans are causing changes in the climate or whether the changes are simply naturally occurring phenomena.
But politicians, he said, seem to be moving closer to a consensus on climate change.
“The train can’t be stopped and I consider that a huge mistake,” Klaus said.
via U.N. climate meeting was propaganda: Czech president | U.S. | Reuters.