Applause for UN Chief’s Leadership While Missing Out His ‘Global Ceasefire’ Plea By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – Short of referring to the clarion call by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on March 23 for “an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world”, in support of the bigger battle against the devastating pandemic, […]
Concern About UN’s Smooth Functioning but Kudos for ‘G-77’
Viewpoint by António Guterres Following are extensive excerpts from UN Secretary-General’ remarks to the opening ceremony of the forty-third annual meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the 134-nation Group of 77 developing countries and China, in New York on 27 September 2019. NEW YORK (IDN) – The Group of 77 and China are on […]
Palestine-Led G-77’s Work Pertinent to 80% of the UN Agenda
Viewpoint by Mohammad Shtayyeh Following are extensive excerpts from statement by Mohammad Shtayyeh, Prime Minister of The State of Palestine, at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Ministers For Foreign Affairs of the 134-nation Group of 77 in New York on 27 September 2019. NEW YORK (IDN) – Our Group was created 55 years ago […]
Egypt Assumes Presidency Of The Group Of 77 At UN In Vienna
By Reinhard Jacobsen VIENNA (IDN) – While the State of Palestine has in a historic move taken over the presidency of the Group of 77 (G-77) and China at the United Nations in New York, Egypt has assumed the chairmanship of the Vienna Chapter of the largest Inter-Governmental Organization of developing countries in the UN, […]
‘Group of 77’ Shows Multilateralism ‘Only Way to Address Shared Challenges’
Palestine And Its Citizens Have First-Hand Experience Of Some Of The Most Challenging And Dramatic Global Issues We Face By António Guterres The following are extensive extracts from UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the handover ceremony of the chairmanship of the Group of 77 developing countries and China, in New York on January 15, […]
Palestine Looks Forward To An Exceptional Year As G77 Chair
By Ramesh Jaura NEW YORK (IDN) – 2019 is slated to be an exceptional year for the State of Palestine, not least because it will preside over the Group of 77 (G77) – the largest bloc at the United Nations – comprising 134 developing countries representing some 80 percent of the world population. Though 71 […]
Wanted a Geographically Diverse and Gender-balanced UN
Viewpoint by Karim Ismail on behalf of G-77 The following are extensive extracts from the statement on behalf of the “Group of 77”, comprising 134 member countries including China, by Karim Ismail, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Egypt to the United Nations, at the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) of the UN General Assembly on […]
The Group of 77 at UN HQ in Vienna Celebrates 20th Anniversary
By Reinhard Jacobsen VIENNA (IDN) – China’s Foreign Minister WANG Yi has praised the Group of 77 (G-77) countries in Vienna, one of the four headquarters of the United Nations, along with New York, Geneva and Nairobi, for its important role as a platform for developing countries to engage in multilateral affairs. The Group of […]
South-South Cooperation Complements North-South Coaction
By Ambassador Galo Yepez Ambassador Galo Yepez is Director of NGOs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of the Republic of Ecuador. Following are extensive excerpts from his statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China at the High-Level Opening Ceremony of the Global South-South Development (GSSD) Expo 2017 on 27 November […]
Developing Nations Need Hundreds of Billions To Address Climate Change
PARIS (IDN) – Warming of the climate system is unequivocal. Concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased and as a result the atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen, and the impacts are being felt in particular by developing countries. According to the latest science, the emissions gap with respect to the 2 degree or 1.5 degree goal is not closing.