PUBLISHER:
Ambassador Daudi N. Mwakawago
Chairman of the Group of 77 for 1997

MANAGING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
Mourad Ahmia

EXECUTIVE EDITOR:
Thalif Deen

The Journal of the Group of 77 is published at the United Nations Headquarters by the Office of the Chairman of the Group of 77 in New York, in collaboration with the Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency and the Third World Network.

Contents

• Editorial by the Chairman of the Group of 77

• Indonesia elected to chair the Group of 77 in 1998

• Developing nations continue to face rash of economic problems, says G-77 Chairman

• Debt burden weighs heavily on developing nations, says G-77

• ODA lowest on record, says NGO coalition

• South Korea faces crisis after leaving developing world

• After Kyoto, new round of battle coming up

• Gamani Corea says there is merit in an Asian monetary fund

• Plans for summit or special session on development financing

• U.N. to host conference on least developed countries

• SUNS editor winner of 1997 G-77/UNDP Award for ECDC/TDCDC

• Financing the South Centre

• Clearance given for G-77 South Bank

• G-77 supports U.N. reform process

• Excerpts from the G-77 position on the recommendations of the Secretary-General on UN reform

• Excerpts from the position of the G-77 on specifc actions contained in the Report of the Secretary-General on UN reform

• South-South Cooperation: Excerpts from the Ministerial Declaration of the Group of 77