The current economic order: an obstacle to development is the title of the book presented this Friday at the UN headquarters, with an extensive investigation led by Cuban experts on the main challenges of the G77 and China.
Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuban Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that the volume contains an analysis of the challenges of the current composition that are critical for the development of the countries of the Global South.
Organized into nine chapters, the research focuses on areas such as trade, foreign debt, agriculture and food, energy, the environment and science and technology, the diplomat announced during the presentation, Prensa Latina details.
In addition, it contains 41 recommendations in two groups: some aimed at correcting elements of the international economic order directly and others focused on the future activity of the bloc.
Several experts and academics from Cuba and other countries participated in its formation, as well as officials with extensive experience in the foreign relations of the Caribbean nation, said the vice chancellor.
The prologue, written by the Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, guides the investigation, also focusing on the way in which the current economic order benefits the interests of developed countries and their ruling classes, to the detriment of stagnation and underdevelopment in the countries of the South.
According to the Cuban President, the member governments of the G77 and China face immense and innumerable challenges daily for the stability, sustainability and progress of their respective economies, and the well-being of their populations.
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Given the variety of political perspectives to address many of the problems, the text aspires to contribute to a debate that is as fair as it is urgent.
For her part, the president of the UN Economic and Social Forum, Paula Nárvez, considered the topic proposed by Cuba to be indispensable for strengthening multilateralism and cooperation.
The community within the G77 and China helps solve central problems for the Global South, assured the permanent representative of Chile to the United Nations when extending her gratitude for the initiative.
Several interventions during the presentation coincided with the relevance of the proposal guided by the largest of the Antilles and its important role at the head of the largest group of countries within the United Nations system, during the presidency assumed in 2023.
The G77 and China, whose members bring together nearly 80 percent of the world’s population, was led for the first time by the island last year with an agenda focused on climate change and the promotion of science, technology and innovation for development.
