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McCurry refused to rule out a recess appointment despite fresh warnings from congressional Republicans that it would be a political declaration of war.
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The British hope that because the charter is likely to be adopted as a political declaration only, not as a legally binding text, it will not cause too much of a fuss.
ECONOMIST: Britain and Europe
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Although Ms Short and other government delegates were unimpressed by the final Johannesburg text and its separate political declaration, they point to a few specific commitments and a useful emphasis on fighting poverty rather than on conservation.
ECONOMIST: So what was achieved by ten days of talking?