Historical Organization
Group of 77 and China
Group of 77 and China
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Organization Timeline
Group of 77 ministers call for stronger South-South cooperation
📅 24 September 1999The ministers marked the group’s 35th anniversary and prepared for the first South Summit. They urged developing countries to strengthen collective negotiating power and coordinate the G77 and NAM...
First South Summit opens in Havana
đź“… 10 April 2000The G77 convened leaders from developing countries to set a common development agenda. The summit linked South-South cooperation with demands for fairer trade, debt relief, technology transfer and...
South Summit adopts the Havana Declaration and Programme of Action
đź“… 14 April 2000The summit adopted a declaration and action programme addressing development, finance, trade, technology and international cooperation. Its agenda extended the Bandung-era demand for economic as...
Third South Summit renews G77 and China’s development agenda
đź“… 22 January 2024Meeting in Kampala immediately after the NAM summit, leaders of the Group of 77 and China called for stronger South-South cooperation, policy space and reform of global economic governance. The...
COP29 agrees a new climate finance goal
đź“… 24 November 2024The conference agreed a new collective quantified goal calling for at least $300 billion a year for developing countries by 2035 and a broader effort to scale finance. Many developing states argued...
UN Financing for Development Forum opens amid debt and investment pressures
đź“… 28 April 2025The ECOSOC forum and preparations for the fourth Financing for Development conference focused on debt, development finance and reform of the international financial architecture. Developing...
Fourth Financing for Development Conference opens in Sevilla
📅 30 June 2025The UN conference convened governments and institutions to address development finance, debt and reforms to global financial governance. These concerns echo NAM’s long-standing call for economic...
Sevilla Commitment adopted on development finance
đź“… 3 July 2025The conference concluded with an outcome framework and initiatives addressing debt, investment and the financing architecture. The text sought to mobilize resources for sustainable development, though...
World Social Summit adopts the Doha Political Declaration
đź“… 4 November 2025The UN summit adopted a declaration renewing commitments to social development, inclusion and poverty reduction. Its agenda echoed demands common to NAM and G77 states for development rights and...
COP30 concludes in Belém with a new climate package
đź“… 22 November 2025The conference closed after negotiations on adaptation, climate finance and implementation. Developing countries pressed for stronger support and recognition of unequal historical responsibility;...
UN launches 2026 report on financing sustainable development
đź“… 9 April 2026The Financing for Sustainable Development Report assessed the pressure on development finance and the large investment gap facing the SDGs. Its analysis follows the Sevilla Commitment and highlights...
ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum opens
đź“… 20 April 2026The forum reviewed debt, trade, private finance, international financial architecture and development cooperation under the Sevilla Commitment. G77 and developing-country debates continued to...
UN launches a Global Alliance for South-South Cooperation
đź“… 11 September 2026The UN marked South-South Cooperation Day by launching a platform to connect development priorities with expertise and partnerships. The initiative echoes Bandung-era solidarity, while its success...
UN General Assembly Second Committee backs Palestinian rights over occupied natural resources
📅 11 November 2026On 11 November, the UN General Assembly’s Second Committee adopted a draft resolution submitted by the Group of 77 and China on Palestinians’ and occupied Syrian Golan residents’ permanent sovereignty...