New York, 3 August 2022 (TDI): Munir Akram, Pakistan’s permanent representative at the United Nations, will chair the G77 Ambassadorial level briefing by the Center for Carbon Management in Energy on Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage: The Essential Enabler for an equitable energy future.
Ambassador Munir Akram Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, chairing G77 Ambassadorial-level briefing by Center for Carbon Management in Energy on Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage: The Essential Enabler for an Equitable Energy Future@G77_2022Chair pic.twitter.com/wlVcKfKy5t
— Permanent Mission of Pakistan to UN, NY (@PakistanUN_NY) August 1, 2022
Ambassador Akram said that the country is honored to be elected as the group chair for 2022. He added that Pakistan “will endeavor to work based on transparency, inclusivity, and objectivity in promoting the common interests and objectives of the group.”
The Group of 77
The G77 is a group of 134 developing nations in the UN, and it got its name from the 77 founding members. China joined the group to further the members’ common economic interests. China also attempted to gain more influence over the global organization by becoming a part of G77.
The Group of 77 was founded in Geneva in 1964, and Pakistan was one of its original members. It is the largest intergovernmental organization of developing nations within the UN.
The Group gives the nations of the so-called Global South the tools they need to express and advance their common economic interests. The group aims to develop south-south relations for development. Pakistan served as the group’s chair in 1977, 1992, and 2007.
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The activities of the Group of 77 are financed through contributions by the Member States. This is done by the relevant decisions of the First South Summit.
The G77 also makes statements at various Main Committees of the General Assembly, ECOSOC, and other subsidiary bodies. Sponsors and negotiates resolutions and decisions at major conferences and other meetings held under United Nations are also included. All these events deal with international economic cooperation and development as well as the reform of the United Nations.
