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

    Seka MosesBy Updated:No Comments3 Mins Read

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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
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