G77+China: Hidden Facts Behind The Formation Of This Group & Its Intentions

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The Group of 77 (G77) at the United Nations (UN) is a coalition of 135 developing countries, designed to promote its members’ collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations.

 There were 77 founding members of the organization headquartered in Geneva, but it has since expanded to 135 member countries. Uganda holds its chairmanship for 2024, succeeding Cuba.

The group was founded on 15 June 1964, by 77 non-aligned nations in the “Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven Countries” issued at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

The first major meeting was in Algiers in 1967, where the Charter of Algiers was adopted and the basis for permanent institutional structures was begun under the leadership of Raul Prebisch who had previously worked at ECLA. 

There are Chapters of the Group of 77 in Geneva (UN), Rome (FAO), Vienna (UNIDO), Paris (UNESCO), Nairobi (UNEP) and the Group of 24 in Washington, D.C. (International Monetary Fund and World Bank).

Members

Current Founding Members

1.  Afghanistan
2.  Algeria
3.  Argentina
4.  Bangladesh
5.  Benin^[a]
6.  Bolivia
7.  Brazil
8.  Burkina Faso^[b]
9.  Burundi
10.  Cambodia
11.  Cameroon
12.  Central African Republic
13.  Chad
14.  Chile
15.  Colombia
16.  Congo
17.  DR Congo
18.  Costa Rica
19.  Dominican Republic
20.  Ecuador
21.  Egypt^[c]
22.  El Salvador
23.  Ethiopia
24.  Gabon
25.  Ghana
26.  Guatemala
27.  Guinea
28.  Haiti
29.  Honduras
30.  India
31.  Indonesia
32.  Iran
33.  Iraq
34.  Jamaica
35.  Jordan
36.  Kenya
37.  Kuwait
38.  Laos
39.  Lebanon
40.  Liberia
41.  Libya
42.  Madagascar
43.  Malaysia
44.  Mali
45.  Mauritania
46.  Mexico^[d]
47.  Morocco
48.  Myanmar^[e]
49.    Nepal
50.  Nicaragua
51.  Niger
52.  Nigeria
53.  Pakistan
54.  Panama
55.  Paraguay
56.  Peru
57.  Philippines
58.  Rwanda
59.  Saudi Arabia
60.  Senegal
61.  Sierra Leone
62.  Somalia
63.  Sri Lanka^[f]
64.  Sudan
65.  Syria
66.  Tanzania^[g]
67.  Thailand
68.  Togo
69.  Trinidad and Tobago
70.  Tunisia
71.  Uganda
72.  Uruguay
73.  Venezuela
74.  Vietnam
75.  Yemen

Other Current Members

1.  Angola
2.  Antigua and Barbuda
3.  Azerbaijan
4.  Bahamas
5.  Bahrain
6.  Barbados
7.  Belize
8.  Bhutan
9.  Botswana
10.  Brunei Darussalam
11.  China^[h]
12.  Cabo Verde
13.  Comoros
14.  Côte D’Ivoire
15.  Cuba
16.  Djibouti
17.  Dominica
18.  Equatorial Guinea
19.  Eritrea
20.  Eswatini^[i]
21.  Fiji
22.  The Gambia
23.  Grenada
24.  Guinea-Bissau
25.  Guyana
26.  Kiribati
27.  Lesotho
28.  Malawi
29.  Maldives
30.  Marshall Islands
31.  Mauritius
32.  Federated States of Micronesia
33.  Mongolia
34.  Mozambique
35.  Namibia
36.  North Korea
37.  Nauru
38.  Oman
39.  Palestine
40.  Papua New Guinea
41.  Qatar
42.  Saint Kitts and Nevis
43.  Saint Lucia
44.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
45.  Samoa
46.  São Tomé and Príncipe
47.  Seychelles
48.  Singapore
49.  Solomon Islands
50.  South Africa
51.  South Sudan
52.  Suriname
53.  Tajikistan
54.  East Timor
55.  Tonga
56.  Turkmenistan
57.  United Arab Emirates
58.  Vanuatu
59.  Zambia
60.  Zimbabwe

China

The Group of 77 lists China as one of its members. The Chinese government provides consistent political support to the G77 and has made financial contributions to the Group since 1994, but it does not consider itself to be a member. As a result, official statements of the G77 are delivered in the name of The Group of 77 and China or G77+China.

Presiding Countries

The following is the chain of succession of the chairmanship of the G77:

Presiding country	Year
India	1970–71
Peru	1971–72
Egypt	1972–73
Iran	1973–74
Mexico	1974–75
Madagascar	1975–76
Pakistan	1976–77
Jamaica	1977–78
Tunisia	1978–79
India	1979–80
Venezuela	1980–81
Algeria	1981–82
Bangladesh	1982–83
Mexico	1983–84
Egypt	1984–85
Yugoslavia	1985–86
Guatemala	1987
Tunisia	1988
Malaysia	1989
Bolivia	1990
Ghana	1991
Pakistan	1992
Colombia	1993
Algeria	1994
Philippines	1995
Costa Rica	1996
Tanzania	1997
Indonesia	1998
Guyana	1999
Nigeria	2000
Iran	2001
Venezuela	2002
Morocco	2003
Qatar	2004
Jamaica	2005
South Africa	2006
Pakistan	2007
Antigua and Barbuda	2008
Sudan	2009
Yemen	2010
Argentina	2011
Algeria	2012
Fiji	2013
Bolivia	2014
South Africa	2015
Thailand	2016
Ecuador	2017
Egypt	2018
Palestine	2019
Guyana	2020
Guinea	2021
Pakistan	2022
Cuba	2023
Uganda	2024