The BASIC countries on Friday called for developed countries to honor their commitment in reducing carbon emission at the two-day 11th Ministerial meeting on Climate Change in Johannesburg.

The joint statement by the four BASIC countries before the end of the conference challenged developed countries to honor what was agreed on at the conference on Climate Change in South African port city of Durban in 2011 and assist financially in the implementation of reduction of carbon emission and technological transfer.

The BASIC, formed by an agreement on Nov. 28, 2009, consists of four large developing countries of Brazil, South Africa, India and China with an effort to act jointly at the fight against global climate change.

Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission of China called on the developed countries to show commitment in reducing emissions.

He said, "Developed countries developed through emitting too much carbon and they should take responsibility and show total commitment."

Ministers in the statement stressed that "developing countries have demonstrated full commitment in playing their part in the global fight against climate change and have presented actions which express significant ambition to reduce emission."

The Chinese official said, "Developing countries have shown some measures of commitment in reducing climate change.We want to see that all the commitments made by all countries are fulfilled". He said China has already started playing its part, including training people from developing countries in emission reduction.

He called for unity and cooperation in the fight against climate changes, especially more South-South cooperation.

The BASIC countries in the statement called for a speedy resolution of unresolved issues like intellectual property rights and unilateral actions by some countries.

They criticized the EU's unilateral action in taxing the international airlines under its Emission Trading scheme, saying "The EU should withdraw this as such actions affect trust and violate the multilateral rules."

The ministers emphasized that BASIC countries as part of the G77. They reaffirmed the importance of the unity in the G77 and China as the common voice of the developing countries in the climate change negotiations.

Edna Molewa, Minister of water and Environmental Affairs in South Africa, was satisfied with the progress made in carbon emission reduction in her country.

She said, "South Africa has a green climate response in place already, having started emission reduction in the energy sector."

"South Africa has started using alternative energy with low emission like solar energy and wind energy," Molewa added.

Molelwa said the world agreed at the Durban conference to reduce emissions, and "there is an urged need for implementation, especially on the developed countries."