The G-77 Summit plus China is scheduled from 15 to 16 September 2023 in Havana, Cuba.
Speaking to The Point, Sir Ruben revealed that President Barrow has been invited to attend the G-77 Summit by Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Republic of Cuba.
President Barrow’s attendance will further strengthen the relations of the two countries, Ambassador Sir Ruben said, adding: “The visit of a president to a country helps a lot to strengthen a relation between countries because they talk at the high level. Many problems can be resolved at that moment which can’t be solved at the medium level.”
The Group of 77 (G-77) was established on 15 June 1964 by seventy-seven developing countries who signed the “Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven Developing Countries” issued at the end of the first session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva.
Beginning with the first “Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 in Algiers (Algeria) from 10 – 25 October 1967, which adopted the Charter of Algiers”, a permanent institutional structure gradually developed which led to the creation of Chapters of the Group of 77 with Liaison offices in Geneva (UNCTAD), Nairobi (UNEP), Paris (UNESCO), Rome (FAO/IFAD), Vienna (UNIDO), and the Group of 24(G-24) in Washington, D.C.(IMF and World Bank).
Although the membership of the G-77 has increased to 134 countries, the original name was retained due to its historic significance.
The Group of 77 is the largest intergovernmental organization of developing countries in the United Nations, which provides the means for the countries of the South to articulate and promote their collective economic interests and enhance their joint negotiating capacity on all major international economic issues within the United Nations system, and promote South-South cooperation for development.
