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"’The problem with Durban was because of the way things developed on the edge of the last [conference],’ [Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights] said. ‘It’s taken on a life and a mythology of its own.’ He said the organizers of the next conference likely would limit NGO participation to groups recognized by the UN Economic and Social Council, or those explicitly endorsed by the 20 advisory nations."