THIRD WORLD COOPERATION The Group of 77 in UNCTAD

• Main Author: Williams, Marc (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Pinter Publishers ©1991; New York St. Martin's Press ©1991
• Subjects: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization); United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.; Group of 77.
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A contribution to the debate on North-South issues, this examines the workings of the Group of 77 (a means through which developing countries have presented a united front in their attempts to transform international trade regimes), as it operates within UNCTAD.

Table of Contents:

• Part 1 Constructing the coalition: the origins of cooperation - the Third World and global reform 1945-1963; the creation of the coalition - UNCTAD I, 1964. Part 2 The organizational framework: UNCTAD - organizational structure and political process; the group of 77 - organizational structure and political process. Part 3 Cases: conflict and conflict management - the negotiations for a generalized system of preferences 1964-1970; conflict and conflict management - the negotiations for an integrated programme for commodities, 1974-1980.