Developing states need support in climate change issues — Arabs

BALI, Indonesia, Dec 14 (KUNA) — A number of Arab officials stressed here Friday that developing countries needed support in order to deal with climate change issues.
Addressing the ministerial session of the UN Climate Change Conference, the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Jakarta Mohammad Al-Sharhan said it was important that industrial nations lived up to their financial commitments according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol.
Al-Sharhan said his country refused imposing any more commitments on the developing countries, as doing so would hinder development.
He pointed out that the UAE, as an oil-producing country, was keen on guaranteeing the continuous flow of energy to international markets, in addition to using advance technologies to decrease generating harmful gases.
Meanwhile, Secretary General of the Jordanian Environment Ministry Faris Al-Junaidi said in his speech at the meeting that climate change funds must be activated, saying it was important that the funds became independently-managed to ensure fairness in geographic distribution of projects.
He called on developed countries to live iup to their financial commitments, refusing imposing any new commitments on the developing countries, including Arab states.
The speech of the Sudanese delegation also called for supporting the developing countries and encouraging them to solve environmental problems.
It said a new more efficient and strict system for paying financial commitments must be reached and emphasized that this system must bear in mind the differences among of countries’ capabilities.
The ministerial session had kicked off on Wednesday with the participation of 130 ministers from around the world.