The Group of 77 at the United Nations

Editor: Dr. Mourad Ahmia is a career diplomat, who has been affiliated with the Group of 77 and the United Nations in New York since 1990. He is currently the Executive Secretary of the Group of 77 in New York. Previously, he served as Algeria's delegate to the United Nations in New York in charge of economic affairs.

• Foreword by His Excellency Mr. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ; President of the Federative Republic of Brazil ; Preface by the Editor ; Chapter - I: The Origins of the Group of 77 ; Chapter - II: From Environmental Protection to Sustainable Development ; Chapter - III: The Group of 77 and Major United Nations Conferences on Environment and Development ; I - UN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 - 14 June ; 1992 (The Earth Summit) ; II - Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States ; (SIDS), Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 April - 6 May 1994 ; III - Second UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), Istanbul, Turkey, 3 - 14 ; June 1996 ; Chapter - IV: The Group of 77 and the Global Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development