YEMEN, UN DISCUSS CLIMATE, MDGS ISSUES

NEW YORK, Feb. 06 (Saba) - Yemen, the rotating president of the
Group of 77 and China, and the United Nations have discussed in New
York issues of the climate change phenomenon and achieving the
millennium development goals MDGs.

Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations (UN)
Abdullah al-Saydi held talks with the UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon over the preparations of the coming UN conference on
biodiversity, which is one of the big challenges facing the
international community nowadays.

The UN Secretary-General has praised Yemen presidency over the Group
of 77 and China as well as keeping guard over the developing
countries' interests in the international events.

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