YEMEN ENVOY TO UN ATTENDS WASHINGTON MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Saba) - Yemen's permanent representative to
the UN Muhammad Abdullah Al-Sayedi has attended the meeting
organized by the U.S. Department of State on facilitating the
negotiations for reaching an international accord for climate
change.

A number states and Environment Ministers in China, Mexico,
Colombia, South Africa and Spain were invited to the meeting.

Al-Sayedi also took part in the meeting of Ministers of the
Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary
Affairs.

He delivered a speech on behalf of the Group of 77 and China,
stressing the importance of providing developing countries with
sufficient resources to alleviate the negative repercussions of the
global financial slump as well as meeting other urgent development
requirements including reducing poverty and social pressures.

In his speech, he said that the economic crisis coincided with
decreased investments in developing countries, pointing out that the
downturn called for reforms to the international fiscal system and
following a policy that gives developing states a margin in related
issues.

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