But if the United States wants to renounce possession of chemical weapons, we could better do so through a unilateral declaration of policy.

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Sadly, there is no way to square this declaration with Turkish policy.

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This process has gained new impetus following the Nagoya Biodiversity Summit, where the representatives of development agencies, development banks and development cooperation policy institutions unanimously adopted a declaration for the mainstreaming of biodiversity agendas into development plans.

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