Awni Behnam is Honorary President, International Ocean Institute. He was former UN Assistant Secretary-General and Chief of Liaison of the Group of 77 at UNCTAD (1986 -1996).
2014: Fiftieth Anniversary of the Group of 77 From Unity Celebrating Diversity to Diversity Celebrating Unity
The unity of the Group of 77 was not founded on homogeneity of political systems or a single identity of economic interests. They were based on a shared and common perception of the inequitable nature of the then existing economic order, the unfair and unethical rules of the game and the necessity to change them.