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G77 & IPS Launch Monthly Electronic Newsletter The Group of 77 (G77) has sustained a longstanding symbiotic relationship with Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency linked together by a single political commitment: promoting the interests of developing countries. Q&A: Representing Developing Countries at the United Nations in New York IPS spoke with the Virachai Plasai, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Thailand to the United Nations and Chair of the Group of 77 about what it’s like to represent 134 developing countries, including China, at UN meetings in New York. President of UN General Assembly Continues Push for Openness, Transparency The President of the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly, Mogens Lykketoft, has helped spearhead a push for a more open and transparent selection process for the next UN Secretary-General. Beyond Rhetoric: UN Member States Start Work on Global Goals UN member states “are going beyond rhetoric and earnestly working to achieve real progress” towards the Sustainable Goals, the members of the Group of 77 and China said in a ministerial statement delivered here on 18 July. African Leaders Driving Push for Industrialisation: UN Official Industrialisation in Africa is being driven by African leaders who realise that industries as diverse as horticulture and leather production can help add value to the primary resources they currently export. UN Trade and Development Conference a “Big Win” for Multilateralism The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) concluded its five-day meeting in Nairobi on a positive note—the launch of a new e-trade initiative and a multi-donor trust fund on trade and productive capacity. The G77 Newswire is published with the support of the G77 Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund for South-South Cooperation (PGTF) in partnership with Inter Press Service (IPS). In Brief: John W. Ashe, 1954-2016 The UN General Assembly held a minute of silence in memory of former President of the UN General Assembly John Ashe on 30 June 2016. Ashe was also the former Chair of the Group of 77 for 2008 and former Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the UN. Image: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe   More: Latest G77 Statements and Speeches To keep up to date with the IPS G77 Newswire visit the homepage. Tell a friend.