YEMEN JOINS IN GEF GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING

SANA'A, May 21 (Saba) - Minister of Water and Environment
Abdul-Rahman al-Eryani is to represent Yemen in the 4th meeting of
the General Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Upon his departure, the Minister said that the meeting would hold in
the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, on May 24 - 28.

The meeting will address the issues pertaining to the financings of
the environment projects to be implemented in the middle of 2010 and
facilitate granting them to the least developed countries, al-Eryani
said.

Global Environment Fund, which is affiliated with the GEF, has
financed the project of Socotra Archipelago biodiversity, he added.

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