THE GROUP OF 77 AT THE UNITED NATIONS. Third Series

THE GROUP OF 77 AT THE UNITED NATIONS Third Series The Collected Documents of ^ 1 T T l~i GROUP OF 77 VOLUME II South-South Cooperation Edi ted by Mourad Ahmia Oceana NEW YORK

Table of Contents Foreword by H.E. Thabo Mbeki, President of the Republic of South Africa, Chairman of the Group of 77 for 2006 Preface by the Editor Aboutthe Editor List of Abbreviations xiii xv xvii xix CHAPTER I THE GENESIS OF THE GROUP OF 77 1 1. Eighteenth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, New York, 11 November 1963 3 - Joint Declaration of the Developing Countries made at the Eighteenth Session of the General Assembly (Group of 75) 3 2. First Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, 15 June 1964 6 - Joint Declaration of the Seventy-seven Developing Countries made at the Conclusion of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Group of 77) 6 3. First Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77, Algiers, 10-25 October 1967 9 - Charter of Algiers 9 CHAPTER II MEETINGS OF THE GROUP OF 77 ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (ECDC) 33 1. Conference on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries, Mexico City, 13-22 September 1976 35 - Final Report 35 THE COLLECTED DOCUMENTS OF THE GROUP OF 77 v

2. Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Group of 77 on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries in Continuation of the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 held in New York in March 1980, Vienna, 3 7 June 1980 ^' - Final Report ^1 3. High-level Conference on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries, Caracas, 13-19 May 1981 59 - Caracas Programme of Action 59 4. High-level Conference on Regional and Subregional Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries (Bali, Indonesia, 2-5 December 1998) ' '3 - Bali Declaration 113 - Bali Plan of Action 116 5. High-level Conference on South-South Cooperation (Marrakech, Morocco, 16-19 December 2003) 123 - Marrakech Declaration on South-South Cooperation 123 - Marrakech Framework of Implementation of South-South Cooperation 129 CHARTER III SESSIONS OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL FOLLOW-UP AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (IFCC) 135 1. First Session of the Intergovernmental Follow-up and Coordination (IFCC-I), Manila, Philippines, 23-28 August 1982 137 - Final Report "Manila Follow-up Action for ECDC" 137 2. Second Session of the Intergovernmental Follow-up and Coordination (IFCC-II), Tunis, 5-10 September 1983 - Final Report 3. Third Session ofthe Intergovernmental Follow-up and Coordination (IFCC-III), Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 3-8 September 1984 - Final Report, ^ 15X 1X4 vi THE COLLECTED DOCUMENTS OF THE GROUP OF 77

4. Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Follow-up and Coordination (IFCC-IV), Jakarta, Indonesia, 19-23 August 1985 207 - Final Report 207 5. High-level Meeting on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries, Cairo, 18-23 August 1986 22 - Cairo Declaration on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries 22 - Report of the High-level Meeting on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries 22- - Decision and Resolution adopted at the High-level Meeting on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries 23" 6. Sixth Session of the Intergovernmental Follow-up and Coordination (IFCC-VI), Havana, Cuba, 7-12 September 1987 23t - Final Report 23h 7. Seventh Session of the Intergovernmental Follow-up and Coordination (1FCC-VII), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 31 July- 5 August 1989 25) - Final Report 25. 8. Eighth Session of the Intergovernmental Follow-up and Coordination (IFCC-VIII), Panama City, Panama, 30 August 3 September 1993 274 - Final Report 274 9. Ninth Session of the Intergovernmental Follow-up and Coordination (IFCC-IX), Manila, Philippines, 9-12 February 1996 2 l >5 - Final Report 295 10. Tenth Session of the Intergovernmental Follow-up and Coordination (IFCC-X), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 18-23 August 2001 311 - Recommendations adopted by the Committee 311 - Tehran Consensus on South-South Cooperation 325 THE COLLECTED DOCUMENTS OF THE CROUP OF 77

11. Eleventh Session of the Intergovernmental Follow-up and Coordination Committee on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries (IFCC-XI), Havana, Cuba, 21-23 March 2005 328 - Recommendations by Working Group I on South-South Cooperation 328 - Recommendations by Working Group II on South-South Projccts 332 - Summary of the Interactive Dialogue on South-South Cooperation 334 CHARTER IV SECTORAL REVIEW MEETINGS OF THE GROUP OF 77 339 1. Report of the Group of Exports on the Review and Evaluation of the Implementation of the Caracas Programme of Action (CPA), New York, 5-9 August 1991 341 - Final Report 341 2. Sectoral Review Meeting of the Group of 77 on Energy (Jakarta, Indonesia, 5-7 September 1995) 370 - Final Report 370 3. Sectoral Review Meeting of the Group of 77 on Food and Agriculture (Georgetown, Guyana, 15-19 January 1996) 383 - Final Report 383 4. South-South Conference on Trade, Investments and Finance (San Jose, Costa Rica, 13-15 January 1997) 408 - San Jose Declaration 408 - San Jose Plan of Action 412 5. South-South High-level Conference on Scicnce and Technology (Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 27-30 October 2002) 424 - Dubai Declaration for the Promotion of Science and Technology in the South 424 - Scientists' Declaration 429 6. Group of 77 High-level Forum on Trade and Investments (Doha, Qatar, 5-6 December 2004) 432 - Conclusions and Recommendations 432 7. Group of 77 Open-ended Intergovernmental Study Group Workshop on the Trade and Development Bank (South Bank), New York, 2-3 May 2005 ^ - Final Report Vl " THE COLLECTED DOCUMENTS OF THE GROUP OF 77

8. Meeting of the Ministers of Science and Technology of the Member States of the Group of 77, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 September 2006 442 - Conclusions and Recommendation 442 9. Brainstorming Session on South-South Cooperation, New York, 3 May 2007 446 - Chair's Summary 446 CHAPTERV GLOBAL SYSTEM OFTRADE PREFERENCES AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (GSTP) 449 1. Arusha Programme for Collective Self-Reliance and Framework for Negotiations, 16 February 1979 451 - First Short Medium-Term Action Plan for Global Priorities on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries 451 2. Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP) among Developing Countries 454 - Excerpts from the Caracas Programme of Action adopted at the High-level Conference on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries, Caracas, 13 19 May 1981 454 3. Sixth Annual Meeting on the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Member States of the Group of 77, New York, 6-8 October 1982 455 - Ministerial Declaration on the Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP) 455 4. Ministerial Meeting on the Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP), New Delhi, July 1985 459 - Declaration on GSTP 459 5. Ministerial Meeting on the Launching of the First Round of Negotiations within the Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries, Brasilia, 22-23 May 1986 462 - Brasilia Declaration 462 6. Ministerial Meeting of the Negotiating Committee on the Establishment of a Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries, Belgrade, 11-13 April 1988 466 - Belgrade Declaration 466 - GSTP Agreement 469 THE COLLECTED DOCUMENTS OF THE GROUP OF 77 ix

7. Second Round of GSTP Negotiations Meeting at the Ministerial Level, Tehran, 21 November 1991 - Tehran Declaration 8. Special Session at the Ministerial Level on the Launching of the Third Round of Negotiations within the Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP), Säo Paulo, Brazil, 16 June 2004 488 - Säo Paulo Declaration 488 CHAPTER VI PEREZ-GUERRERO TRUST FUND FOR ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (PGTF) 491 1. Establishment and Evolution of the PGTF (1987 2007) 493 2. Guidelines for the Utilization of the PGTF 500 3. Membership of the Committee of Experts of the PGTF (1987-2007) 505 4. Biographical Note on H.E. Manuel Perez-Guerrero 519 CHAPTER VII SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION IN THE OUTCOME DOCUMENTS OFTHE G-77 SOUTH SUMMITS, MINISTERIAL MEETINGSAND CHAPTERS MEETINGS 521 1. Declaration on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries adopted by the Fifth Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 in preparation for UNCTAD VI, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 28 March-9 April 1983 523 2. Resolution on future activities on economic Cooperation among developing countries adopted by the Fifth Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 in preparation for UNCTAD VI, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 28 March-9 April 1983 525 3. Statement of the Ministers on future activities in the area of economic Cooperation among developing countries adopted by the Sixth Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 in preparation for UNCTAD VII, Havana, Cuba, 20-25 April 1987 530 4. Statement of Ministers on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries adopted by the Seventh Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 in preparation for UNCTAD VIII, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 19-23 November 1991 535 x THE COLLECTED DOCUMENTS OFTHE GROUP OF 77

5. Ministerial Statement on Economic Cooperation among Developing Countries adopted by the Ninth Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 in preparation for UNCTAD X, Marrakech, Morocco, 13-16 September 1999 538 6. Excerpts on South-South Cooperation from the Havana Programme of Action adopted by the G- 77 First South Summit, Havana, Cuba, 10-14 April 2000 541 7. Excerpts on South-South Cooperation from the Doha Plan of Action adopted by the G-77 Second South Summit, Doha, Qatar, 12-16 June 2005 549 8. Excerpts on South-South Cooperation from the Final Declarations adopted by the Annual Ministerial Meetings of the Group of 77 558 9. Excerpts on South-South Cooperation from the Final Declarations adopted by the Special Ministerial Meetings of the Group of 77 598 10. Excerpts on South-South Cooperation from the Final Communiques adopted by the Chairmen/Coordinators of the Group of 77 Chapters 607 CHARTER VIII DRAFT RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS ON SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION SPONSORED BYTHE GROUP OF 77 AT THE UNITED NATIONS 625 1. Draft resolutions and decisions sponsored by the Group of 77 in the General Assembly of the United Nations 627 - Economic Cooperation among developing countries (6 December 1977) 627 - Economic Cooperation among developing countries (13 December 1978) 630 - Economic Cooperation among developing countries (5 November 1979) 633 - Technical Cooperation among developing countries (9 November 1979) 637 - Economic Cooperation among developing countries (6 November 1980) 640 - Economic Cooperation among developing countries (22 October 1981) 642 (26 November 1982) 644 (14 November 1984) 645 - Technical Cooperation among developing countries (13 November 1987) 647 - Technical Cooperation among developing countries (17 November 1989) 650 (7 December 1989) 651 - Technical Cooperation among developing countries (23 October 1991) 652 THE COLLECTED DOCUMENTS OFTHE GROUP OF 77 xi

(26 October 1993) 654 - United Nations conference on South-South Cooperation (28 November 1994) 656 and a United Nations conference on South-South Cooperation (15 November 1995) 659 (27 October 1997) 663 (20 October 1999) 667 (2 November 2001) 671 (3 November 2003) 675 - South-South Cooperation (11 November 2005) 678 - South-South Cooperation (19 October 2007) 681 ANNEX I CHRONOLOGYOF MEETINGS (1976-2007) 687 ANNEX II THE MEMBER STATES OFTHE GROUP OF 77 696 THE COLLECTED DOCUMENTS OF THE GROUP