The following address was presented on December 5 by Jose Antonio Zamora
Guitierrez (pictured), minister of environment and water for the Plurinational
State of Bolivia, to the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP18) in Doha, Qatar.
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December 5, 2012 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Mr. President of the COP, distinguished heads of state of countries of the world, ministers, officials,
delegates and representatives of social organisations, Indigenous
peoples and communities and farmers of the world, receive a greeting
from the Plurinational State of Bolivia and our president, Evo Morales
Ayma.
The planet and humanity are in serious danger of extinction. The
forests are in danger, biodiversity is in danger, the rivers and the
oceans are in danger, the Earth is in danger. This beautiful human
community inhabiting our Mother Earth is in danger due to the climate
crisis.