G-77

The Group of 77, which is most commonly referred to simply as the G-77, was formed in June 1964 by seventy-seven developing countries which were signatories to the Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven Countries issued at the end of the first session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). While there are now 130 countries which are members of the group, the original name has been retained.

On its website the G-77 states that it aims to provide "the means for the countries of the South to articulate and promote their collective economic interests and enhance their joint negotiating capacity on all major international economic issues within the United Nations system, and promote South-South cooperation for development."

Climate Change
The G-77 is an active participant in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations for an agreement beyond the 2012 expiry date of the Kyoto Protocol. See G-77 and climate change negotiations for further details).

Members
The members of the G77 are
 * 1) Afghanistan
 * 2) Algeria
 * 3) Angola
 * 4) Antigua and Barbuda
 * 5) Argentina
 * 6) Bahamas
 * 7) Bahrain
 * 8) Bangladesh
 * 9) Barbados
 * 10) Belize
 * 11) Benin
 * 12) Bhutan
 * 13) Bolivia
 * 14) Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * 15) Botswana
 * 16) Brazil
 * 17) Brunei Darussalam
 * 18) Burkina Faso
 * 19) Burundi
 * 20) Cambodia
 * 21) Cameroon
 * 22) Cape Verde
 * 23) Central African Republic
 * 24) Chad
 * 25) Chile
 * 26) China
 * 27) Colombia
 * 28) Comoros
 * 29) Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * 30) Republic of the Congo  (Brazzaville)
 * 31) Costa Rica
 * 32) Côte d'Ivoire
 * 33) Cuba
 * 34) Djibouti
 * 35) Dominica
 * 36) Dominican Republic
 * 37) East Timor
 * 38) Ecuador
 * 39) Egypt
 * 40) El Salvador
 * 41) Equatorial Guinea
 * 42) Eritrea
 * 43) Ethiopia
 * 44) Fiji
 * 45) Gabon
 * 46) Gambia
 * 47) Ghana
 * 48) Grenada
 * 49) Guatemala
 * 50) Guinea
 * 51) Guinea-Bissau
 * 52) Guyana
 * 53) Haiti
 * 54) Honduras
 * 55) India
 * 56) Indonesia
 * 57) Iran
 * 58) Iraq
 * 59) Jamaica
 * 60) Jordan
 * 61) Kenya
 * 62) Kuwait
 * 63) Laos
 * 64) Lebanon
 * 65) Lesotho
 * 66) Liberia
 * 67) Libya
 * 68) Madagascar
 * 69) Malawi
 * 70) Malaysia
 * 71) Maldives
 * 72) Mali
 * 73) Marshall Islands
 * 74) Mauritania
 * 75) Mauritius
 * 76) Micronesia, Federated States of
 * 77) Mongolia
 * 78) Morocco
 * 79) Mozambique
 * 80) Myanmar
 * 81) Namibia
 * 82) Nepal
 * 83) Nicaragua
 * 84) Niger
 * 85) Nigeria
 * 86) North Korea
 * 87) Oman
 * 88) Pakistan
 * 89) Palestine
 * 90) Panama
 * 91) Papua New Guinea
 * 92) Paraguay
 * 93) Peru
 * 94) Philippines
 * 95) Qatar
 * 96) Rwanda
 * 97) Saint Kitts and Nevis
 * 98) Saint Lucia
 * 99) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 * 100) Samoa
 * 101) São Tomé and Príncipe
 * 102) Saudi Arabia
 * 103) Senegal
 * 104) Seychelles
 * 105) Sierra Leone
 * 106) Singapore
 * 107) Solomon Islands
 * 108) Somalia
 * 109) South Africa
 * 110) Sri Lanka
 * 111) Sudan
 * 112) Suriname
 * 113) Swaziland
 * 114) Syria
 * 115) Tanzania
 * 116) Thailand
 * 117) Togo
 * 118) Tonga
 * 119) Trinidad and Tobago
 * 120) Tunisia
 * 121) Turkmenistan
 * 122) Uganda
 * 123) United Arab Emirates
 * 124) Uruguay
 * 125) Vanuatu
 * 126) Venezuela
 * 127) Vietnam
 * 128) Yemen
 * 129) Zambia
 * 130) Zimbabwe

Contact Details
Group of 77 United Nations Headquarters, Room S-3953 New York, N.Y. 10017, U.S.A. Phone: (212) 963-0192 and (212) 963-3816 Fax: (212) 963-3515 and (212) 963-1753 Email: g77off AT unmail.org Website: http://www.g77.org/

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 * G-77 and climate change negotiations
 * Accra Climate Change Talks 2008
 * Clean Development Mechanism
 * COP14
 * COP15
 * Emissions Trading
 * Joint Implementation
 * Kyoto Protocol
 * United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change