Poor nations plead for money at U.N. crisis meeting

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Developing countries had a clear message on Wednesday for a U.N. meeting on the global financial crisis -- we need money.

Planning for the three-day conference has been fraught with difficulties. It was first scheduled for June 1-3 but U.N. General Assembly President Miguel D'Escoto postponed it to this week when it became clear negotiators had no agreement on a set of draft proposals for reforming the global financial system.