The Group of 77 hosted the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon to an interactive dialogue to discuss the post-2015 Development Agenda and related issues on March 12 in New York.
Mr Ban Ki-Moon thanked the Group of 77 for its continuous support and for advocating issues that were not only important to developing countries but were also part of his long standing quest as the UN Secretary General.
"The fight against poverty must remain at the centre of the post-2015 development agenda,” said Mr Ban Ki-Moon.
In stressing the need for a single coherent global agenda he said member States needed to redouble efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
South-South cooperation and triangular cooperation must complement North-South cooperation as key tools for the realization and achievement of these goals in 2015.
The two-hour meeting with the Secretary-General was chaired by Ambassador Peter Thomson, Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Ambassador Thomson said that in the lead up to the special event on the MDGs to be held in September this year, the Group of 77 would accelerate efforts to achieve these goals.
Looking beyond 2015, the group intends to ensure participation of developing countries at all levels of negotiations in determining the post 2015 development agenda, including the formulation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
As Group of 77 chair, Fiji has the task of coordinating and representing the overall interests of developing countries in the achievement of MDGs and formulation of the SDGs and the post-2015 Development Agenda.
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