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根据以下材料,回答题OvershadowedbyrowsoverNigeriaandLockerbie,theCommonwealth'sattemptstorefocusontradeandinvestmentthemainthemeoftheEdinburghheadsofgovernmentmeetingattractedlittleattentionandevenlesspraise.
Hopeswerehighthatthesummit'seconomicstatementwouldbeofsimilarweighttotheHarareDeclaration,issuedin1991tomapoutapoliticalagendafortheexcolonialclubaftertheendofitspreoccupationwiththestruggleagainstseparateness.ButthepublicationofthestatementdidlittletodivertattentionfromrowsoverthetrialoftwoLockerbiebombsuspectsandoverthedecisionbytheCommonwealthMinisterialActionGroup(CMag)nottoimposenewsanctionsagainstNigeria.CMagchosetoignorecallsforNigeria'sexpulsionandtheimpositionofanoilembargo.TheyconcludedthatthesituationwouldbereassessedifGeneralSaniAbachafailedtohonorhispromisetoholdfullydemocraticelectionsnextOctober.
ThePrimeMinister,tonyBlair,wasdelightedwiththesix-pagedocument,entitledPromotingSharedProsperity."Itsignalstheendofideologyandreflectsbasicprinciplesofeconomicandsocialjustice,'"DowningStreetsaid."Itwouldhavebeenunthinkableonlyashorttimeago."Butthedeclarationproducedfewsurprisesandmanyboringrepetitionsofstatementsbasedonaffirmationoffreemarketprinciplesintheglobaleconomy.
ItwasnevergoingtobeeasytobridgegapsbetweentheCommonwealth's54members,
whichincludebothwealthycountries,suchasBritain,andsomeoftheworld'spoorest,suchasBangladesh.SoEdinburghstayedonsafeground,establishingfourkeyprinciples:1)Theworldeconomyshouldbegearedtowardspromotinguniversalgrowthandprosperityforall;2)Theremustbeeffectiveparticipationbyallcountriesineconomicdecision-making;3)Theremovalofobstaclesthatpreventdevelopingcountriesfromplayingafullpartinshapingtheglobaleconomy;4)Internationalregimesaffectingeconomicrelationsamongnationsshouldprovidebenefitsforall.
CaribbeanmembersinsistedonareferencetotheirtroublesoverbananaexportsthreatenedbyanewWorldTradeOrganizationruling,andwonrecognitionoftheir"legitimateinterests"andtheneedforhelptodiversifytheireconomies.
PracticalmeasuresincludedadecisiontoestablishaCommonwealthTradeandInvestment
AccessFacilitytohelpdevelopingcountriestakeadvantageofglobalization.
OneadditionalsourceofrevenuewasopenedupwiththecreationofanewfundfordevelopmentinSouthAsianmembercountries.
TheWorldwideFundforNaturesaidtheCommonwealthhadnotmatcheditsrhetoricaboutthedangersofglobalisationbyfailingtopromisehigher-qualityinvestment,protectionfortheenvironmentandlabourrights.
Theword“rows”(Linel,Paragraph1)mostprobablyrefersto A.groupsofpeople.
B.noisyarguments.
C.subsequentevents.
D.tragichappenings.
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