Sunday, September 17, 2006

Representatives of 118 nations agreed Saturday to condemn Israel's attacks on Lebanon, support a peaceful resolution to the U.S.-Iran nuclear dispute and defend the right of Venezuela and other countries to determine their own forms of government.

The final declarations also include a broad condemnation of terrorism _ with exceptions for self-determination movements and battles against foreign occupiers. And while declaring democracy to be a universal value, they say that no one country or region should define it for the whole world.

The statements, many of which contain veiled criticisms of the U.S., were to be approved by unanimous consent after another round of speeches Saturday night by leaders of the Nonaligned Movement.

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