H.E. Mr. Jorge Argüello, delivering end-of-term statement on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Héctor Timerman, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship of Argentina, Chair country of the Group of 77 for 2011, during the first segment of the handover ceremony. From left to right: H.E. Mr. Miloš Koterec, President of the Economic and Social Council; H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Ambassador Mutlaq M. Al-Qahtani, Representative of the President of the General Assembly; and Mr. Mourad Ahmia, Executive Secretary of the Group of 77. (Photo credit: South-South News)

G77 delegations in attendance at the handover ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 from Argentina to Algeria, at United Nations Headquarters in New York. (Photo credit: South-South News)

H.E. Mr. Mourad Meldeci, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria, with gavel in hand, on assuming the office. From left to right: H.E. Mr. Miloš Koterec, President of the Economic and Social Council; H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Ambassador Jorge Argüello of Argentina, Chair of the Group of 77 for 2011; H.E. Mr. Mourad Benmehidi, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations greeting Mr. Mourad Ahmia, Executive Secretary of the Group of 77. (Photo credit: South-South News)

H.E. Mr. Mourad Meldeci, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria, delivering inaugural statement at the handover ceremony upon assuming the office. From left to right: H.E. Mr. Miloš Koterec, President of the Economic and Social Council; H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Ambassador Mutlaq M. Al-Qahtani, Representative of the President of the General Assembly; H.E. Mr. Mourad Benmehidi, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations; and Mr. Mourad Ahmia, Executive Secretary of the Group of 77. (Photo credit: South-South News)

The Executive Secretary of the Group of 77 (right), Mr. Mourad Ahmia, receiving an achievement award from Ambassador Jorge Argüello of Argentina, Chair of the Group of 77 for 2011, in the presence of H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations (left). (Photo credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)

H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, addressing the handover ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 from Argentina to Algeria at UN Headquarters in New York. (Photo credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)