Declaration of the Group of 77 (excerpts) – Letter from Algeria

General Assembly

Forty-ninth session

Agenda items 12, 87, 88, 89, 90,

  91, 92, 93, 95, 154 and 158

REPORT OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

MACROECONOMIC POLICY QUESTIONS

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION

  ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

  TRAINING AND RESEARCH

AGENDA FOR DEVELOPMENT

ELIMINATION OF RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE WORLD SOCIAL

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UNITED NATIONS NEW AGENDA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA IN THE 1990s

  REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Letter dated 3 October 1994 from the Permanent Representative of

Algeria to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

I have the honour to transmit herewith the Ministerial Declaration of the Group of 77 adopted on the occasion of the eighteenth annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 30 September 1994 (see annex).

On behalf of the Group of 77, I would highly appreciate if you would arrange for the present letter and its annex to be circulated as a document of the General Assembly, under agenda items 12, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 154 and 158.

                                          (Signed)  Ramtane LAMAMRA

                                        Ambassador and Permanent Representative

                                           of Algeria to the United Nations

                                              Chairman of the Group of 77

                                                       New York

ANNEX

Ministerial Declaration of the Group of 77,

adopted on 30 September 1994

1. The eighteenth annual Meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 was held in New York on 30 September 1994.

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26. The Ministers noted the initiation of Palestinian self-government arrangements in the Gaza Strip and Jericho area and called for the speedy extension of Palestinian self-government arrangements to encompass the entire occupied territories in implementation of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements.  In that regard, they reaffirmed their support of the Palestinian people as they strive to attain their inalienable rights, including the right to establish an independent State on their national soil, including Jerusalem.  They also reaffirmed the permanent responsibility of the United Nations towards the question of Palestine.  They emphasized the need for international assistance to support Palestinian development efforts in the economic and social fields.  The Ministers also reaffirmed their support for the peace process initiated at the Peace Conference on the Middle East held at Madrid, which aimed at achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East based on Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 425 (1978) and the principle of land for peace.

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