http://www.english.hadhramaut.info Yemen envoy to UN attends Washington meeting on climate change [The Source: washington/ hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 24/04/2010] 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 held at the Headquarters of the International Monetary Fund in Washington.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.