Sinks: No principles!

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After spending most of their time on the operative part of the text, the LULUCF contact group was left with no time to discuss principles in detail. The group replaced detailed principles


with only two paragraphs affirming consistency with the convention principles, and environmental and social principles. But objections from G77 and China led to the retention of the


principles at the last minute. "I’ll lose my job if I do not work properly for my country and this text does not allow me to do that," protested the Chinese delegate. Some of the


principles that were sacrificed and then reinserted include: