PUBLISHER:
Ambassador Daudi N. Mwakawago
Chairman of the Group of 77

MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
Mourad Ahmia

EXECUTIVE EDITOR:
Thalif Deen

The Journal of the Group of 77 is published every month 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

• Editorial by the Chairman of the Group of 77

• NAM reiterates its support for U.N. conference on South-South cooperation

• G-77 Chair calls for enhanced collaboration between U.N. and Bretton Woods institutions

• An urgent need to halt the decline of ODA, says Razali

• A leaner and more efficient UNDP aims to fight global poverty, says Speth

• G-77/TWN Round Table calls on developed countries to honour Rio commitments

• Experts to assess global framework for land-locked developing countries

• G-77 disappointed with U.N.’s unresolved financial crisis

• Western U.N. reform proposals undermine Third World interests

• Reform should not result in divesting the U.N.

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

• Danish study hails UNIDO reform

• Paris Chapter scrutinises UNESCO budget for next biennium

• Third World countries cry foul over UNEP

• The Politics of Diplomatic Parking

• G-77 joins the ‘Information Highway’