United Nations Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Group of 77=== {{main|Group of 77}} The Group of 77 (or the G77) at the UN is a loose coalition of [[developing nations]] that is designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the UN. Seventy-seven nations founded the organization, but by November 2013 the organization had since expanded to 133 member countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.g77.org/doc/members.html |title=The Member States of the Group of 77 |publisher=Group of 77 |access-date=7 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606205309/http://www.g77.org/doc/members.html |archive-date=6 June 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> The group was founded 15 June 1964 by the "Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven Countries" issued at the [[United Nations Conference on Trade and Development]] (or the UNCTAD). The group held its first major meeting in [[Algiers]] in 1967, where it adopted the Charter of Algiers and established the basis for permanent institutional structures.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.g77.org/doc/ |title=About the G77 |publisher=Group of 77 |access-date=5 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112144515/http://www.g77.org/doc/ |archive-date=12 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> With the adoption of the [[New International Economic Order]] by developing countries in the 1970s, the work of the G77 spread throughout the UN system.<ref>{{Cite thesis |title=A Moment of Possibility: The Rise and Fall of the New International Economic Order |url=https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/123094 |date=2019 |degree=Thesis |language=en |first=Samuel Thomas |last=Nicholls |access-date=13 December 2023 |archive-date=13 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213060026/https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/123094 |url-status=live }}</ref> Similar groupings of developing states also operate in other UN agencies, such as the [[Group of 24]] (or the G-24), which operates in the IMF on monetary affairs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Group of 24 (G-24): Meaning, Benefits, Criticisms |url=https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/g-24.asp |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=Investopedia |language=en |archive-date=13 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213060025/https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/g-24.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page