The non-binding resolution expresses "very serious concern" at continuing reports of "systematic,widespread and grave violations of civil, political,economic,social and cultural rights,"

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It is the only developed country not to have ratified the Kyoto Protocol and is still resisting a legally binding international deal.

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And a legally binding deal may take another year to put in place.

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President Medvedev and I began this process in London, and will seek a new agreement by the end of this year that is legally-binding, and sufficiently bold.

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The comments followed an overwhelming vote in the U.N.General Assembly on a non-binding resolution condemning the 47-year-old U.S.trade embargo against Cuba and urging Washington to lift the restrictions.

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But observers say India and China remain wary of accepting legally binding emission cuts at a time when they are making their presence felt on the global economic scene.

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The first phase of the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012 and the current talks are aimed at setting in place new legally binding emissions targets for the decade to come.

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John Pershing,Washington's deputy special envoy for climate change, says President Obama supports U.S.emission reductions comparable to the European Union and Japan, but wants legally binding commitments from other countries as well.

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