India on Wednesday placed itself firmly on the side of the developing world as Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the country's approach to the December 7-18 climate summit "is anchored in the sanctity of the troika - the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol and the Bali Action Plan".

Speaking at the high level segment of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference, Ramesh said: "The well-known and widely accepted principles of (i) common but differentiated responsibility; and (ii) historical responsibilities are sacrosanct as far as we are concerned."