United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Also known as: UNCTAD

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Organization Timeline

First UN Conference on Trade and Development opens

📅 23 March 1964

UNCTAD I convened in Geneva to debate commodity trade, market access and development finance at a time when newly independent states sought greater influence over trade rules.

Seventy-seven developing countries issue a joint declaration

📅 15 June 1964

At the end of UNCTAD I, 77 states issued a joint declaration, creating the Group of 77 as a collective negotiating voice on economic development.

G77 ministers mark forty years at São Paulo

📅 11 June 2004

The special ministerial meeting reviewed the G77’s record and renewed its common development agenda during UNCTAD XI.