CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -There were 77 founding members of the organization headquartered in Geneva, but it has since expanded to 134 member countries. Cuba holds its chairmanship for 2023, succeeding Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-2: -A founding member of G-77, which promotes the developing countries’ collective economic interests at the UN, Pakistan took over the chairmanship of G-77 from Guinea on January 14, 2022. Pakistan has held G77’s chairmanship four times - in 1976, 1992, 2007 and 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ambassador Munir Akram-Chair G772022- Pakistan’s Tweets. on his 2022 G77 presidency. If you have any question for the ambassador, please tune in. See you all there.

Detailed explanation-4: -G-77 - An Overview. G-77 is the largest intergovernmental organization of developing countries in the United Nations. India is a member of this group. Guyana took over the chairmanship of G-77 in 2020, succeeding Palestine which held the chairmanship in 2019.

Detailed explanation-5: -Group of 77 (G-77), loose alliance of developing countries established on June 15, 1964. The name of the group derives from the 77 original signatories to the Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven Countries at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva.