By Our Binocular
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
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Bangladesh
- Benin[a]
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso[b]
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Colombia
- Congo
- DR Congo
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt[c]
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mexico[d]
- Morocco
- Myanmar[e]
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sri Lanka[f]
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania[g]
- Thailand
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
Other Current Members
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Brunei Darussalam
- China[h]
- Cabo Verde
- Comoros
- Côte D’Ivoire
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini[i]
- Fiji
- The Gambia
- Grenada
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Kiribati
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- North Korea
- Nauru
- Oman
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea
- Qatar
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Suriname
- Tajikistan
- East Timor
- Tonga
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- 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 |