Group of 77 ministers call for stronger South-South cooperation

Security Council Resolution 1246 established UNAMET to organize and conduct the ballot. The mission made self-determination operational through registration and voting, while violence and intimidation...

Nearly 98 percent of registered voters participated; 78.5 percent rejected special autonomy within Indonesia. The result expressed a clear popular demand for a transition toward independence after...

The Secretary-General announced that 78.5 percent had voted against autonomy and said the UN would support the East Timorese choice. Pro-integration militias then escalated violence and forced...

Resolution 1264 authorized a multinational force to restore peace and security after post-ballot violence. The intervention helped protect the transition, while also raising questions about the...

The ministers reiterated positions on Palestine and multilateral affairs while coordinating across the UN. The meeting reflected an effort to preserve a collective voice after the Cold War, even as...

The communiqué recorded the movement’s positions on international issues, including Palestine, and emphasized coordination among developing states. It documents how NAM used the UN as a venue to...

Security Council Resolution 1272 gave UNTAET broad administrative authority and tasked it with supporting self-government and reconstruction. The arrangement enabled the transition to independence but...

Developing countries challenged the negotiating process and the limited transparency of trade rule-making. Civil-society protests drew attention to labor, environmental and global justice concerns;...

The ministerial ended without launching a new negotiating round after disputes over agriculture, implementation of existing agreements and developing-country participation. The breakdown reflected...

The 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...