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.
FR