As agonistic thinkers like Bonnie Honig rightly argue (see the interview with herhere), it is
important to see the common good not as agreed upon in a set
of formal procedures or as fixed
principles of equality, liberty, and justice.
«Carlos Cardona's release from federal detention is an
important step toward upholding the
principles of fairness and
equality on which this state was built,» Cuomo said in a statement.
Rather it's a purposefully rousing homage to the ideals
of journalistic independence, governmental accountability and gender
equality that isn't averse to underlining, italicizing and boldfacing why those
principles are more
important than ever.
oit is with indignation that we are speaking othis document is not acceptable • Bolivia owe have learned about this document through the media, not through you onow we are given 60 minutes to accept something already agreed upon by other states owe are seeing actions in a dictatorial way othis is unacceptable and anti-democratic owe say to the people
of the world: they shall judge upon it othe rights
of our people are not being respected owe are not going to decide about so many lives in only 60 minutes othis is s group
of a small number
of countries oAPPLAUS • Cuba o4 hours ago Obama announced an agreement which is non-existant owe is behaving like an emperor owe have seen version being discussed by secretive groups in the last hours and days oCuba will not accept your draft declaration oat this conference, there is no consensus on this document oI associate my voice to Tuvalu, Venezuela, Bolivia othe target
of 2 degrees is unacceptable o... • Costa Rica ofor the reasons that we have heard, this document can not be considered the work
of the AWG - LCA and can not be considered by the COP othis can only be an INF doc, it's just for information oadditional question: in an earlier version, a CP.15 - decision, para. 1: there was a reference to a legally binding instrument to be adopted by the COP onow: we have a new version, but the reference to legally binding instrument disappeared • USA o [wants to speak, but point
of order by Nicaragua] • Nicaragua othere is already a precedent where we have not been given the right to speech onow that you have mentioned we finally want to speak • Pres. [moving on] oUS does not appear on my list any more, so next one is Sudan • Sudan othere must be something horribly wrong here oI pushed the button when I saw Nicaragua raising their sign in order to support them • Nicaragua othis is a deterioration
of the democratic system oand this happens at the most
important conference
of the UN for many years owe have draft decisions about how to carry forward the process ostates (lists names) have written a submission: • this has not followed the basic
principles of the UN • inclusion • bottom up processes • democratic participation •
equality of states oduring this consequence, many states expressed their position against such approaches othe only agreement we recognize is??