New Delhi: Nearly 170 member countries at the UN Conference on Climate Change on got down to the nitty-gritty of formulating the Delhi Declaration on October 25 but no headway appeared to be in sight as developed countries stuck to their stated position on the commitment to reduce green house gasses emissions.

On the third day today (Oct 25), a three-hour long informal meeting was held at the conference where developed and developing countries took confrontationist postures on meeting emission targets set for developed countries in the Kyoto Protocol.

While the developing countries accused the industrialised nations for being non-committal on meeting the emission targets, the developed countries charged the third- world with only indulging in rhetoric in the global effort to reverse the climate change that had devastating consequences on the entire humanity.

Saudi Arabia speaking on behalf of the developing countries at the meeting chaired by Environment Minister T R Baalu, said, "Confidence building between North and South begins with the implementation of the commitments made by the developed countries."

"The principle of common but differentiated principles should be followed by the industrialised nations so as to pave the way for implementation of Kyoto Protocol," the Saudi Arabian delegation said.

Canada articulating the developed countries stance said none of the developed countries has asked developing countries to commit to any emission targets and hence the rhetoric on the part of the developing countries were unwarranted.

PTI