Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Rimbink Pato, told the leaders at the World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires that PNG cannot protect these resources by themselves.
“We need multilateral agreements, and we also need bilateral agreements, and – like other developing island states – we need support to integrate our economy in the world economy.”
Pato said representatives at the meeting were trustees of humanity whose duty was to forge rules for multilateral agreements to assist the prosperity and well-being of the planet.
