The Collected Documents of The Group of 77 ― South-south Cooperation

The material compiled in this volume brings together an edition of intergovernmental documents that survey the rationale for South-South cooperation, its scope, modalities, and strategic role and support mechanisms with the means of implementation as articulated in various outcome documents issued by the Group of 77 since its establishment in 1964.

This volume, which is intended to bring the Group's activities to a wider audience, is divided into the following chapters:



·Chapter I provides an overview of the major documents related to the genesis of the Group of 77.

·Chapter II contains the final agreements and outcomes of major meetings of the Group of 77 on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries (ECDC).

·Chapter III presents the final documents of the sessions of the Intergovernmental Follow up and Coordination Committee on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries (IFCC) held within the framework of the Caracas Programme of Action on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries.

·Chapter IV consists of final reports of the G-77 Sectoral Review Meetings in various fields of cooperation.

·Chapters V and VI focus on two major mechanisms of South-South cooperation, namely the Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP) and the Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund on Economic and Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (PGTF).

·Finally, chapter VII draws excerpts on South-South cooperation from the outcome documents of the G-77 South Summits, Ministerial Meetings, and Chapters' Meetings, including the draft resolutions and decisions submitted by the Group of 77 in the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Two annexes are included: Annex I pertains to the chronology of meetings of the Group of 77 on South-South cooperation covered in this volume, while Annex II lists the Member States of the Group of 77 as of June 2007.

Mr. Mourad Ahmia has been affiliated with the Group of 77 and the United Nations in New York since 1990. He is currently the Executive Secretary of the Group of 77 in New York. Previously, he served as Algeria's delegate to the United Nations in New York in charge of economic affairs.