PUBLISHER:
Ambassador Makarim Wibisono
Chairman of the Group of 77 for 1998

MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
Mourad Ahmia

The Journal of the Group of 77 is published at the United Nations Headquarters by the Office of the Chairman of the Group of 77 in New York, in collaboration with the Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency and the Third World Network.

Contents

• High Level Advisory Meeting on South Summit: South-South Cooperation tops Agenda

• Less dynamic trade and financial outlook in 1998

• Transparency of WTO decision-making ducked

• Globalization a blind force that fails to recognize weak and strong
  

• UN development assistance should only be on request, says G-77
  

• UNCTAD has special responsibility for South
  

• GSTP: A major instrument for promotion of trade among developing countries
  

• G-77 laments decline in funds for humanitarian emergencies
  

• UN body proposes new world financial organisation
  

• UN Regional Commissions have important role in globalization

• Geneva Chapter: G-77 focuses on restructuring of UNCTAD
  

• Geneva Chapter: Campaign, without campaigning, is now on for WTO job
  
  

• Nairobi Chapter: Land degradation tops G-77 agenda
  

• UNCTAD's work on international investment agreements