Group of 77

Group of 77
Abbreviation	G77
Named after	Number of founding Member States
Formation	15 June 1964
Founded at	Geneva, Switzerland
Type	Intergovernmental current summit 15-16 September Havana, Cuba
Purpose	To provide a forum for developing nations to promote their economic interests
Headquarters	United Nations Headquarters
Methods	Collective bargaining, lobbying, reports and studies
Fields	International politics
Membership	134 member states
Chair of the Group of 77	Uganda
Affiliations	United Nations
Website	G77.org

The Group of 77 (G77) at the United Nations (UN) is a coalition of developing countries, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations.^[1]^: 79 There were 77 founding members of the organization headquartered in Geneva, but it has since expanded to 134 member countries.^[1]^: 79–80 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).^[2] 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.^[3] 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).

^ ^a ^b Shinn, David H.; Eisenman, Joshua (2023). China's Relations with Africa: a New Era of Strategic Engagement. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-21001-0.
^ "About the Group of 77". G77. Archived from the original on Jan 20, 2024.
^ Prebisch, Raúl; Prebisch, Raul (October 1986). "El desarrollo económico de la América Latina y algunos de sus principales problemas". Desarrollo Económico. 26 (103): 479. doi:10.2307/3466824. hdl:11362/10183. ISSN 0046-001X. JSTOR 3466824.

[:32-1] Shinn, David H.; Eisenman, Joshua (2023). China's Relations with Africa: a New Era of Strategic Engagement. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-21001-0.

[2] "About the Group of 77". G77. Archived from the original on Jan 20, 2024.

[3] Prebisch, Raúl; Prebisch, Raul (October 1986). "El desarrollo económico de la América Latina y algunos de sus principales problemas". Desarrollo Económico. 26 (103): 479. doi:10.2307/3466824. hdl:11362/10183. ISSN 0046-001X. JSTOR 3466824.

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