Group of 77

Group of 77 ; G77
	; Members of the G77
English name	The Group of 77
Organization type	loose association
status	active
Seat of the organs	New York City , New York , United States;
Chair	Palestine (2019)
Member States	134
Official and working languages	English
founding	1964
Upper organization	United Nations
	g77.org

The group of 77 (G 77) is a loose association of states, most of which are counted among the Third World countries .

The association was founded in 1964 during the first World Trade Conference ( UNCTAD ) and now has 134 members (as of May 2015). This makes it the largest group within the United Nations in terms of number of countries. One of the member countries always holds the chairmanship for one year. It represents the highest political level in the organizational structure of the G 77. The rotation takes place on a regional basis between Africa, Asia / Pacific and Latin America & the Caribbean.

The loose association results in a relatively weak institutionalization: an annual ministerial meeting in New York takes the fundamental decisions, which are passed on by a coordinating committee to regional subgroups in Geneva , Nairobi , Paris , Rome and Vienna .

The main goal of the G 77 is, on the one hand, to strengthen South-South cooperation and, on the other, to improve the position of the developing countries on the world market. That is why it coordinates the positions and demands of the members in order to achieve a stronger negotiating position at the world trade conferences.

The group drafts joint declarations on development policy and global economic issues such as the “Charter of Economic Rights of the Third World” and starts its own trade and economic policy programs, e. B. the Global System of Trade Preferences Among Developing Countries (GSTP).

Yugoslavia, Malta, Romania and Cyprus originally belonged to the member states. Malta, Romania and Cyprus each left when they joined the EU. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, Bosnia-Herzegovina remained in this group as the only European country to this day.

In 2014, Bolivia presided and, in addition to the regular meetings, also organized extraordinary summits in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in order to advance its development policy agenda more effectively. This was followed by the presidency of South Africa in 2015 .

Members

Chair

Chair of the Group of 77 in New York :

1970-71 - India
1971-72 - Peru
1972-73 - Egypt
1973-74 - Iran
1974-75 - Mexico
1975-76 - Madagascar
1976-77 - Pakistan
1977-78 - Jamaica
1978–79 - Tunisia
1979-80 - India
1980-81 - Venezuela
1981–82 - Algeria
1982-83 - Bangladesh
1983-84 - Mexico
1984-85 - Egypt
1985–86 - Yugoslavia
1987 - Guatemala
1988 - Tunisia
1989 - Malaysia
1990 - Bolivia
1991 - Ghana
1992 - Pakistan
1993 - Colombia
1994 - Algeria
1995 - Philippines
1996 - Costa Rica
1997 - Tanzania
1998 - Indonesia
1999 - Guyana
2000 - Nigeria
2001 - Iran
2002 - Venezuela
2003 - Morocco
2004 - Qatar
2005 - Jamaica
2006 - South Africa
2007 - Pakistan
2008 - Antigua and Barbuda
2009 - Sudan
2010 - Yemen
2011 - Argentina
2012 - Algeria
2013 - Fiji
2014 - Bolivia
2015 - South Africa
2016 - Thailand
2017 - Ecuador
2018 - Egypt
2019 - Palestine

Web links

Official website of the Group of Seventy-Seven
Database of content-related literature on the social, political and economic situation in the 77

Individual evidence

↑ Palestine takes over the chairmanship of the UN group In: Israelnetz.de , July 30, 2018, accessed on August 5, 2018.

[1] Palestine takes over the chairmanship of the UN group In: Israelnetz.de , July 30, 2018, accessed on August 5, 2018.

Group of 77

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Members

Chair

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

Group of 77 G77

Members of the G77
English name	The Group of 77
Organization type	loose association
status	active
Seat of the organs	New York City , New York , United States United States
Chair	Palastina autonomous areas Palestine (2019)
Member States	134
Official and working languages	English
founding	1964
Upper organization	United Nations United Nations
g77.org