President Saleh hails UN support to Yemen

SANA'A, Nov. 23 (Saba) - President Ali Abdullah Saleh lauded here on
Sunday assistance offered by the UN to support development in Yemen.

During his meeting with the Director of UNDP Regional Bureau for
Arab States Ms. Amat al-Alim Alsoswa and the UN Resident
Coordinator/ UNDP Resident Representative in Yemen Ms. Pratibha
Mehta, President Saleh praised the current cooperation relation
between Yemen and UN.

Ms. Alsoswa briefed the President on the UNDP aid to Yemen to
overcome the rainstorm impacts on the eastern governorates of
Hadramout and Mahrah in addition to propping up the government's
efforts to reconstruct both governorates and Saada Governorate as
well.

She expressed her satisfaction of the relief efforts exerted to
assist the affected people in the three governorates. She indicated
to the UN readiness to implement a program aims to reinforce Yemen
capacities to counter disasters and crises as well as supporting
programs for local administration development and poverty
alleviation.

The UN Resident Coordinator Ms. Mehta, for her part, said that the
UN would offer all assistance to bolster the current preparations
for parliamentary election 2009.

The meeting also reviewed several issues of Somali refugees in Yemen
and the UN activities in fields of development and combating poverty.