The United States is abundant in natural resources.

We have abundant natural resources land, water and energy.

It is blessed with abundant natural and human resources and great potential for development.

It is rich in mineral resources, natural mineral resources.

But, with few exceptions, such countries are afflicted with the so called natural resource curse countries with an abundance of resources not only do not do as well as expected, but actually do worse than countries without such benefits. While natural resource wealth should make it easier to create a more equalitarian society, countries with more resources, on average, are marked by greater inequality.

This situation favours those countries richly endowed with natural resources such as oil, gold and diamonds.

The United Nations must protect the territorial integrity and natural resources of Western Sahara, a territory that multinational companies and major Powers coveted because of its natural riches, particularly oil.

Indeed, our land is very generously endowed with hydrocarbon resources, but one should not think that Turkmenistan intends to acquire wealth only by actively trading in its natural resources.

However, some wealthier developing countries, notably Chile, did achieve a faster pace of investment and growth based on their natural resource endowments.

Africa is particularly well endowed in biodiversity and keen to explore its natural wealth in a sustainable manner.

There is a curious phenomenon that economists call the resource curse so named because, on average, countries with large endowments of natural resources perform worse than countries that are less well endowed. Yet some countries with abundant natural resources do perform better than others, and some have done well.

At the same time, the political transition had been launched and the country had significant natural and human resources to tackle these challenges.

55. Most of the people in southern Africa continued to live in poverty amidst abundant natural resources.

They must use coal to advance their economic development. Failure to do so would be a missed opportunity at a time when African countries must avail themselves of all available resources for poverty reduction.

By amplifying such exemplars into a national project, Guinea could join the small group of commodity rich countries that have bucked the curse of corruption and economic decay that often accompanies large natural resource endowments.

The Committee was greatly disturbed that 21 per cent of the population of Nigeria lives below the poverty line in spite of the country s rich natural resources.

With its abundance of natural resources and the tremendous capacity of its peoples to be agents of change, Africa holds the key to its own development.

While a handful of commodity rich countries have managed to buck the curse, including Botswana, Chile, and Norway, they have, nevertheless, failed to diversify their economies, remaining dependent on natural resource based exports. But history is not destined to repeat itself, and leaders of commodity rich countries are seeking alternative futures.

Sovereign right of nations over their natural wealth and resources

13. With a territory as large as India and Pakistan combined and rich natural resources, Central Asia has enormous trade potential.

There is a lot in this rich biota that is going to serve us well.

Countries struggling with intra State conflict or emerging from conflict are often rich in natural resources and face difficulties exploiting and managing those resources in the best interest of the people.

The past prosperity of the Liberian economy was built on the successful development of the country apos s abundant natural resources and the active participation of the private sector.

National sovereignty over natural wealth and resources, and decision making over their use

Assuredly, the influence that our Arab nation wields and the position it occupies in the international arena are not proportional, either in terms of economic power or in terms of social prosperity, to our wealth of natural and human resources.

(b) The right of peoples and nations to permanent sovereignty over their natural wealth and resources

(e) Acknowledge that the right of States to sovereignty over natural resources, as expressed in the Convention on Biological Diversity, is conditioned by the right of indigenous peoples to freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources, including their right to own and control cultural heritage associated therewith

Paraguay offered huge hydroelectric energy resources.

In addition, Papua boasts timber resources worth an estimated 78 billion.

Abundant natural resources can and should be a blessing, not a curse. We know what must be done.

These riches are, however, a source of misery for Papuans, ensuring Indonesia's powerful military maintains a suffocating presence.

7. The Arctic regions and the tropical rainforests faced large scale exploration and exploitation of their rich natural resources and at the same time were home to many indigenous cultures.

The geographic location of Benin, its membership in ECOWAS, its close business ties with Nigeria, and its natural resources highlighted the investment potential of the country.

The peoples of those Territories had the right freely to determine their political status regardless of population and territorial size and how well endowed with resources they were.

According to a 1994 World Bank report, Trends in Developing Economies, Guinea is among the poorest countries of Africa, despite its natural resources, such as agriculture, energy and mining.

Its Constitution provided for peoples to freely dispose of the natural wealth resources.

Resource rich economies can use commodity stabilization funds to support economic diversity.

As a result, such natural resource rich countries as Algeria, Angola, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania, Nigeria and South Africa are expected to receive more FDI.

The world remains a rich tapestry.

These resources are a rich source of information for the less experienced competition agency.

The area surrounding Khiljan was considered one of the richest sources of marble in Palestine.

Very often in world public opinion there is an attempt to portray Turkmenistan as a country whose aspirations and plans to establish a prosperous State are linked exclusively to its very rich natural resources and raw materials.

Two thirds of the people in Venezuela, the Latin American country with the largest oil deposits, live in poverty. No wonder that they are demanding that the small group of those who benefit from the country's wealth start to share it.

Natural resources and energy

He also explained that Puntland was essentially rich in natural resources that were unexploited due to an inability to attract foreign investment, but that, ironically, the coastal waters and fisheries areas were ruthlessly exploited by foreign vessels.