Og jeg må over for Europa-Parlamentet understrege, at dette ikke mindst skyldes EU's indsats. Når udviklingslandene under denne konference og under forberedelsen af denne har indtaget en langt vigtigere plads ved forhandlingsbordet end hidtil, skyldes det til dels EU's indsats i forskellige sammenhænge.
To be honest, I find it hard to understand their criticism, since the developing countries have been able to express themselves and make their voices count at this ministerial conference in conditions that they have never been able to obtain before, and I can say to this House that the Union played a part here, and if the developing countries were able to obtain a place at the conference table - both during the conference itself and during the preparations for it - which is much better than it has been before, it was to some extent the result of the efforts that the Union had been making in various places.