They are the real war criminals -MR

1 April 2012 12:09 pm

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today, that the real war criminals are the countries that contribute to global warming.“All plants and animal species could be wiped out by global warming. Therefore,  the real war criminals and human rights violators are such countries, which contribute to the rise in global warming" he said.

"The western nations have become the greatest  violators of these rules,” the President said addressing an event to observe Earth Hour today in Kandy, the President’s office said.

According to statistics, United States is the number one among large nations contributing to global warming and puilluting the environment having refused to sign the Kyoto protocol. The USA  contributes 25% of emissions that are harmful to the enviorenment, the President said.