UN praises G77’s role in multilateralism, development, climate change
(VOVWORLD) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday praised the role of the G77 nations in promoting multilateralism and development and fighting climate change.
 Secretary-General António Guterres (shown on screen), speaks at the handover ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77. (Photo: UN/Eskinder Debebe)
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Guterres told a handover ceremony of the G77 chairmanship from Ecuador to Egypt that the G77 has been a central pillar in defending multilateralism and making sure that development remains in the centrality of the action of the United Nations. The two largest economies of the G77 - China and India - are strongly committed to assuming the leadership in climate action to reduce the dramatic and devastating impacts of climate change.
The G77 at the United Nations is a coalition of developing nations, designed to promote its members' collective economic and political interests.