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05/22/2008: "Earth's natural resources must be shared more equally between rich and poor nations"

The Earth's natural resources must be shared more equally between rich and poor nations, Germany's environment minister said Monday at the start of a UN biodiversity conference.

Some 6,000 representatives from 191 countries are attending the 11-day conference on the UN's convention on biodiversity, which was first adopted at the Rio Earth summit in 1992.

"The industrialised countries must recognise the need to share natural resources with those with those who have safeguarded them," Sigmar Gabriel declared.

"It is a question of principle, a question of justice," he said. "The developing countries are right to speak of "biopiracy", when the industrialised world use their resources without authorisation and without paying a penny," he said.

[ This Communist rhetoric shows the true face of the UN ]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080519/sc_afp/environmentbiodiversityclimateun_080519165527