United Nations, Dec. 13 : India should give consular access to Ajmal Amir Kasab, the surviving terrorist involved in the Mumbai attacks if he is a Pakistani national, Pakistan''s Permanent Representative to the United Nations has said.

The Daily Times quoted Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon as telling a private television channel that if it was determined that Kasab was a Pakistani national, then the first step would be to give consular access to ''this person who claims to be a Pakistani''.

Poznan, Poland  - A UN climate conference ended Saturday with rich nations under fire for refusing a massive aid boost to protect poor countries against floods, drought and storms blamed on global warming.

Frustration spilled out although industrialized countries unlocked a 60-million-dollar fund to help tackle the impact of climate change, a bid by Europe and others to reach out to developing nations.

Poznan, Poland  - A UN climate conference ended early Saturday with a deal to help poor countries fight floods, drought and storms, but little progress on cuts in emissions blamed for global warming.

After two weeks of talks, the 189-nation meeting brought few advances on the most contentious issues, in part because other countries are waiting for Barack Obama to take over as US president on January 20.

The conference was part of efforts to bring about a global deal next December for industrialized and developing countries to cut output of heat-trapping gases, mainly carbon dioxide created when fossil fuels burn.

Poznan, Poland  - A UN climate conference went into an extra day as countries argued over how to boost aid to poor nations suffering the effects of global warming such as floods, storms and drought.

Russia and Ukraine were said early Saturday to be resisting giving up some of their own aid from rich countries to developing countries.

At issue is a fund for protective projects, such as seawalls, which delegates at the 189-nation talks activated on Friday. The fund is worth about 60 million dollars, but European Union nations say billions are needed.

Washington - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will urge the UN Security Council next week to to take "meaningful action" against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe for his mismanagement of the faltering country, the US State Department said Friday.

Rice heads to New York Monday and Tuesday for discussions that will also focus on the tension between India and Pakistan, piracy on the Somali coast and other topics, spokesman Sean McCormack said.

Poznan, Poland  - Negotiators at UN climate talks were poised Friday to unlock a 60-million-dollar fund to help poor countries combat effects of global warming such as rising sea levels, participants said.

While money would not be available immediately and details were to be settled later, the deal signalled rare progress as a two-week conference in Poznan, Poland, entered its final hours.

"This could open up a bit more of an empowering process for developing countries," said Kit Vaughan of the Worldwide Fund for Nature.