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Museveni asks Africa, Latin America to unite against ‘environmental aggression’

Museveni asks Africa, Latin America to unite against ‘environmental aggression’
By Larry Moonze in Havana, Cuba
Fri 04 Dec. 2009, 04:00 CAT

UGANDAN President Yoweri Museveni has asked Africa and Latin America to unite and fight the ‘environmental aggression’ by greenhouse producing countries.

Addressing the press in Havana on Wednesday, President Museveni said he considered climate change a form of aggression against developing countries that had not contributed to the pollution of the environment.

"On climate, I look at it as a form of aggression by countries that generate gases that damage the environment and affect those countries that do not generate those gases," he said. "We need to get together and fight this aggression. That is what we are talking about in Africa. I was in Trinidad and Tobago for the Commonwealth summit that is what I told them."
President Museveni said the carbon emission aggression must be resisted if humanity had to stand chance of survival.

"This is the most serious of all forms of aggression we have faced," he said.
President Museveni said climate change threatened the very existence of some countries particularly small island nations that could disappear under sea.

"I am glad there is quite a bit of anger in the world about this," he said. "Even if the climate summit in Denmark capital Copenhagen does not solve anything but in the coming months there would be some progress. So Africa and Latin America must unite and fight this aggression."
On his state visit to Cuba, President Museveni said it was part of solidarity.
He said the visit was about the importance attached to historic relations between Cuba and Africa.
President Museveni said the Cuban revolution had extended solidarity to Africa for a long time.

He said legend guerrilla Enersto Che Guevara went to Congo (now Democratic Repubolic of Congo) while several other Cuban internationalist fighters joined the struggle for independence of Angola and Namibia.
President Museveni said in the pacific era, Cuba had continued to do a lot of good work in many areas.
He said when he met former Cuban president Fidelo Castro some 22 years ago, they discussed opening a university which he said now had done a tremendous job in Uganda.

President Museveni, who met Cuban President Raulo Castro on Monday, said the two countries discussing various aspects of mutual interest. He said there could be a number of agreements signed by the time he winds his tour.
President Museveni said they discussed issues on biotechnology, medical training and energy.

He said Uganda was conducting research on how to control malaria by eliminating the vector.
President Museveni said the East African country had agreed to work jointly with Cuba because its malaria eradication programme was more advanced than Uganda.

Labels: ENVIRONMENT, YOWERI MUSEVENI

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