Quotes from Morales Ayma – President of Bolivia –(spoke for a very restrained 6 minutes) “Mother earth is getting dangerously close to the end … and the capitalist system is responsible for that,”
“We cannot remain accomplices of what they (capitalists) have done against nature”
“nature has become a mere object of exploitation and wealth" - Reuters reporters.

Robert Mugabe President of Zimbabwe – spoke for over 7 minutes
Talked about the need to keep CBRD ethos. “We cannot and we will not assume more obligations”

"Developed countries are being miserly... they burden us for cleaning up the mess they have created." - Reuters reporters.

After the first speaker Peru, talked for almost 8 minutes the chair reminded speakers to stick to 3 minutes. Up stepped Ecuador who then proceeded to talk for almost 7 minutes.


Rafael Correa Delgado – President of Ecuador - Talked about common but differentiated responsibilities

“An environmental debt needs to be paid”. He said an international court for environmental justice needs to be set up – “It is not understandable we have courts to force countries to pay financial debts but we do not have a court to enforce environmental debts,”


Danilo Medina Sánchez President Of Dominican Republic- "The weight of responsibility for climate change still rests on the shoulders of the fully developed countries"

Sanchez spoke for around 4.30 minutes and the chair thanked him for being concise - Reuters reporters.