The London conference, convened to consider the situation in Yemen, has expressed broad support for the suppression of Al Qaeda in Yemen, and has urged the Yemeni Government to progress the economic and social reforms which will help to remove the causes of disaffection in parts of the country. "Alarm that al-Qaida is finding safe havens in the country's "ungoverned spaces" – tribal areas beyond the reach of the cash-strapped government – has triggered an intensive and largely clandestine US effort to assist Yemeni security forces with intelligence, equipment and training."
