G-77 meeting in Cuba focuses on South-South
cooperation
The Group of 77 (G-77) started a meeting here on Monday to discuss ways
to boost South-South cooperation.
Delegates to a meeting of the G-77 Inter-Governmental Committee for
Coordination Among Developing Countries will meet in two working groups
to examine the implementation and follow-up of the Action Program and
the agreements of the First Summit of the South held here in 2000, as
well as to formulate cooperation plans and to decide on cooperation
projects for the G-77.
At the opening ceremony, Zhou Yiping, director of special unit for
South-South cooperation of the United Nations Development Program, said
developing countries have played a very important role in promoting the
regional and world economy and trade.
Under the endeavor of the G-77, the South-South cooperation has been
further strengthened, Zhou said.
The two-day meeting is expected to reach a consensus prior to the Second
Summit of the South, scheduled for June 12-16, in Doha,Qatar.
Created in 1964, the G-77 comprises 132 developing countries, the
largest group of its kind.
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