The group of 77 at fifty congratulations!

For one who has worked much on the theory and practice of change from systems of hierarchy to systems of equity, 15 June 1964 will never be forgotten. Those at the bottom of the world system of states, fragmented away from each other by colonial and imperial structures, marginalized, exploited, 77 of them came together and formed—not a very revolutionary word—a Group. In 1967 the Group was confirmed by the Charter of Algiers. They used the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) as their platform.