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President of the African Group, said he supports calls for an EU legally binding agreement that covers all nations

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of Europe in the UN climate talks in Durban, on Thursday won the support of the presidency of the 54 African nations.

that negotiations moved into their final 36 hours, Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, president of the African Group, said its position had come to Europe and developing countries that have supported calls for the EU a legally binding agreement covering all nations to begin as soon as possible.

Africa now concentrate their demands on the search for a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol - which legally binding targets to reduce carbon will continue beyond 2012 - and the creation of a new background Green "to maintain security in Africa" ??of climate change, he said.

But he added that "checkbook diplomacy" had begun negotiations with poor countries offered money from rich countries sweeteners to secure votes.

"We moved to the AOSIS [Alliance of Small Island States] and LDC [least developed countries]. We were away from them when we started. They were pushing for a legally binding global agreement by 2020. There will always be bilateral diplomacy and checkbook. What is happening. I will not point fingers, "he said.

Africa

traditionally played a small role in international negotiations, but its position in Durban is considered essential because the continent is to suffer most from climate change and should not be viewed not in its own country.

reiterated that Kyoto was vital. "The countries of Kyoto emissions are becoming weaker and less [and] the Kyoto Protocol not enough to keep Africa safe. But we can not throw the baby out with the bath water. We must follow the rules of the Protocol strong Kyoto Protocol. First, you must have a second commitment period and then see how we can move forward. "

and attacked the United States and Japan, Russia and Canada, who refuse to sign a new commitment period. "Some people have an interest in not making progress in these negotiations."

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