Sudan, the current chair of the G77 group of developing countries, led on Monday a boycott of talks at UN climate talks in Copenhagen.
The developing countries plus China said they wanted talks to focus more on the Kyoto Protocol rather than on broader discussions on climate change.
"Sudan as G77 chairman is trying to block talks on procedural issues, demanding explanations and suspending talks," World Wildlife Fund Russia representative Alexei Kokorin said, citing a delegate from an unnamed European country.
As a result of G77-China pressure, the conference participants agreed that issues relating to the Kyoto Protocol would be considered first and would be of higher priority than a new climate accord.
Talks have now resumed.
The G77 is a loose association of developing 130 countries.
The 15th UN climate change conference, the result of two years of international talks on a binding treaty to cut global carbon emission, began in Copenhagen on December 7.
The conference, which brings together about 15,000 participants from 192 countries, will run until December 18. It has so far failed to produce a plan to fight global warming.
The Kyoto Protocol, a legally binding agreement restricting carbon emissions, expires in 2012. A new deal is needed to continue efforts beyond 2012.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Monday on world powers and climate negotiators to reach a compromise on a final document restricting harmful emissions.
"Time is running out... There is no time for posturing or blaming," he said.
COPENHAGEN, December 14 (RIA Novosti)
