"In the time we have left here it can no longer be about us versus them, this group of nations pitted against that group of nations".
"The United Nations is not working for any group of nations over another," he said.
But the NDC approach suits the bigger group of nations that already have earnings-related schemes.
Balance of power, in international relations, the posture and policy of a nation or group of nations protecting itself against another nation or group of nations by matching its power against the power of the other side.
Australia chairs the "umbrella group" of nations, a negotiating bloc that includes the US, Japan and Norway.
Australia took over the chair of the G20 group of nations -- the 20 largest economies on earth -- in December.
To a much lesser degree, a group of nations also supported the United States war in Iraq.
Earlier this month, a group of nations that call themselves the Vulnerable Twenty held a meeting in Lima.
A group of nations in Paris reached a landmark agreement to cut back planet-warming emissions of greenhouse gas.
The current scheme proposes permanent debt write-off for a selected group of nations which are now well-run.
THE finance ministers and central bankers of the G20 group of nations are meeting in Sydney this weekend.
