Group of 77

Policies

The group was credited with a common stance against apartheid and for supporting global disarmament. It has been supportive of the New International Economic Order.

Regarding environmental matters, the G77's position is that the developed countries bear historical responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions, pointing also to the disparity in per capita emissions between the developing and developed countries. As a result, the G77 often resists binding commitments to reduce its emissions. The G77 has been subject to criticism for its lacklustre support, or outright opposition, to pro-environmental initiatives, which the group considers secondary to economic development and poverty eradication initiatives. In turn, the G77 has criticized the wealthier nations for their insufficient attention to poverty eradication, including at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Members

As of 2023, the group comprises all of the UN member states (along with the UN observer State of Palestine), excluding the following countries:

1. Members of the Council of Europe, except for Azerbaijan.
2. Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area, except for Tajikistan.
3. Members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, except for all its (four) Latin American members.
4. Two microstates in Oceania: Palau and Tuvalu.

Current founding members

Source:

1. Afghanistan
2. Algeria
3. Argentina
4. Bangladesh
5. Benin
6. Bolivia
7. Brazil
8. Burkina Faso
9. Burundi
10. Cambodia
11. Cameroon
12. Central African Republic
13. Chad
14. Chile
15. Colombia
16. Republic of the Congo
17. Democratic Republic of the Congo
18. Costa Rica
19. Dominican Republic
20. Ecuador
21. Egypt
22. El Salvador
23. Ethiopia
24. Gabon
25. Ghana
26. Guatemala
27. Guinea
28. Haiti
29. Honduras
30. India
31. Indonesia
32. Iran
33. Iraq
34. Jamaica
35. Jordan
36. Kenya
37. Kuwait
38. Laos
39. Lebanon
40. Liberia
41. Libya
42. Madagascar
43. Malaysia
44. Mali
45. Mauritania
46. Mexico
47. Morocco
48. Myanmar
49. Nepal
50. Nicaragua
51. Niger
52. Nigeria
53. Pakistan
54. Panama
55. Paraguay
56. Peru
57. Philippines
58. Rwanda
59. Saudi Arabia
60. Senegal
61. Sierra Leone
62. Somalia
63. Sri Lanka
64. Sudan
65. Syria
66. Tanzania
67. Thailand
68. Togo
69. Trinidad and Tobago
70. Tunisia
71. Uganda
72. Uruguay
73. Venezuela
74. Vietnam
75. Yemen

Other current members

1. Angola
2. Antigua and Barbuda
3. Azerbaijan
4. Bahamas
5. Bahrain
6. Barbados
7. Belize
8. Bhutan
9. Botswana
10. Brunei Darussalam Brunei Darussalam
11. Cape Verde Cabo Verde
12. China
13. Comoros
14. Côte d'Ivoire Côte D'Ivoire
15. Cuba
16. Djibouti
17. Dominica
18. Equatorial Guinea
19. Eritrea
20. Eswatini
21. Fiji
22. Gambia The Gambia
23. Grenada
24. Guinea-Bissau
25. Guyana
26. Kiribati
27. Lesotho
28. Malawi
29. Maldives
30. Marshall Islands
31. Mauritius
32. Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia
33. Mongolia
34. Mozambique
35. Namibia
36. Nauru
37. North Korea
38. Oman
39. State of Palestine
40. Papua New Guinea
41. Qatar
42. Saint Kitts and Nevis
43. Saint Lucia
44. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
45. Samoa
46. São Tomé and Príncipe
47. Seychelles
48. Singapore
49. Solomon Islands
50. South Africa
51. South Sudan
52. Suriname
53. Tajikistan
54. Timor-Leste
55. Tonga
56. Turkmenistan
57. United Arab Emirates
58. Vanuatu
59. Zambia
60. Zimbabwe

Former members

1. Mexico was a founding member but left the Group after joining the OECD in 1994.
2. New Zealand signed the original "Joint Declaration of the Developing Countries" in October 1963 but pulled out of the group before the formation of the G77 in 1964 (it joined the OECD in 1973).
3. South Korea was a founding member but left the Group after joining the OECD in 1996.
4. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a founding member; by the late 1990s, it was still listed on the membership list, but it was noted that it "cannot participate in the activities of G77." It was removed from the list in late 2003. It had presided over the group from 1985 to 1986.

• Bosnia and Herzegovina was the only former Yugoslavian state to be listed as a member on the G77 official website in 2007; it was removed from the member list in February 2020.

1. Cyprus was a founding member but was no longer listed on the official membership list after it acceded to the European Union in 2004. A document from 1975 states that Cyprus is not a member.
2. South Vietnam was a founding member, while North Vietnam never joined separately.
3. South Yemen joined separately from founding member North Yemen sometime between 1967 and 1975.
4. Malta was admitted to the Group in 1976 but was no longer listed on the official membership list after it acceded to the European Union in 2004.
5. Palau joined the Group in 2002 but withdrew in 2004, having decided that it could best pursue its environmental interests through the Alliance of Small Island States.
6. Romania was classed as a Latin American country for the purposes of the G77, having joined in 1976. The G77 was divided into geographical regions, and because there was technically no European area, Romania was placed under the umbrella of Latin America. Romania left the G77 following its accession to the European Union.

China

The Group of 77 lists China as one of its members. The Chinese government provides consistent political support to the G77 and has made financial contributions to the Group since 1994, but it does not consider itself to be a member. As a result, official statements of the G77 are delivered in the name of The Group of 77 and China or G77+China.

Presiding countries

The following is the chain of succession of the chairmanship of the G77:

Group of 24

Main article: Group of 24

The Group of 24 (G-24) is a chapter of the G-77 that was established in 1971 to coordinate the positions of developing countries on international monetary and development finance issues and to ensure that their interests were adequately represented in negotiations on international monetary matters. Every member of the G-24 is also a member of the G77.

Notes

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