| | South Faces Serious Challenges, G-77 Leader Says (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06) |
 | | Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, chairman of the Group of 77 (G-77), Wednesday claimed that the developing South is facing grave challenges in their efforts to seek the access to the world politics and global economy in justice and equity. |
 | | G-77, set up by 77 developing countries in June 1964 in Geneva, has seen its membership growing to 133 countries, and the original name was retained due to its historic significance. |
 | | As the largest Third World coalition in the United Nations, G- 77 is aimed at providing the means for the developing world to articulate and promote its collective interests and enhance its joint negotiating capacity on all major international economic issues in the U.N. system, and promote economic and technical cooperation among developing countries. |
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