Group of 15

Short description: Informal forum

Group of 15

Members of G-15 [1]

Formation| September 1989
1990 (Summit)
Purpose| Act as a catalyst for greater cooperation between leading developing countries.[2]
Location|

* Geneva, Switzerland

Membership

List

* Algeria
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Egypt
India
Indonesia
Iran
Jamaica
Kenya
Malaysia
Mexico
Nigeria
Senegal
Sri Lanka
Venezuela
Zimbabwe

G-15 Chair

|  IRN
Website| www.g15.org

The Group of 15 (G-15)[1] is an informal forum set up to foster cooperation and provide input for other international groups, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Group of Seven. It was established at the Ninth Non-Aligned Movement Summit Meeting in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in September 1989, and is composed of countries from Latin America, Africa, and Asia with a common goal of enhanced growth and prosperity. The G-15 focuses on cooperation among developing countries in the areas of investment, trade, and technology. Chile, Iran and Kenya have since joined the Group of 15, whereas Yugoslavia is no longer part of the group, and Peru, a founding member-state, decided to leave the G-15 in 2011. Membership thus has since expanded to 17 countries, but the forum's name remains unchanged.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Structure and activities
* 2 Member countries and organizations
* 3 G-15 Summits
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 Further reading
* 7 External links

## Structure and activities

Some of the objectives of the G-15 are:

* To harness the considerable potential for greater and mutually beneficial cooperation among developing countries
* To conduct a regular review of the impact of the world situation and of the state of international economic relations on developing countries
* To serve as a forum for regular consultations among developing countries with a view to coordinate policies and actions
* To identify and implement new and concrete schemes for South-South cooperation and mobilize wider support for them
* To pursue a more positive and productive North-South dialogue and to find new ways of dealing with problems in a cooperative, constructive and mutually supportive manner.[4]

By design, the G-15 has avoided establishing an administrative structure like those for international organizations, such as the United Nations or the World Bank; but the G-15 does have a Technical Support Facility (TSF) located in Geneva. The TSF functions under the direction of the Chairman for the current year. The TSF provides necessary support for the activities of the G-15 and for its objectives.[5] Other organs and functions of the G-15 include:

* Summit of heads of state and government: The G-15's summit is organized biennially, with the venue being rotated among the three developing regions of the G-15 membership.[5]
* Annual meetings of Ministers of Foreign Affairs: G-15 Ministers of Foreign Affairs typically meet once a year to coordinate group activities and to prepare for the nest summit of G-15 leaders.[5]
* Steering committee (Troika): A steering committee, or Troika, is composed of three foreign ministers, one from the preceding summit host country, the present host country and the anticipated next host countries. These three are responsible for oversight and coordination.[5]
* Personal representatives of heads of state and government: Each member country is represented by personal representatives of heads of state and government who meet regularly in Geneva.[5]

In addition, the Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Services (FCCIS) is a private sector forum of G-15 member countries. The purpose of the FCCIS is to coordinate and maximize efforts which promote business, economic development and joint investment in G-15 nations.[5]

In 2010, the chairmanship of the G-15 was accepted by Sri Lanka at the conclusion of the 14th G-15 summit in Tehran.[6]

## Member countries and organizations

World Economic Outlook database (2012)[7]

Region  | Member  | Leader  | Foreign minister  | Population  | GDP (PPP, billion USD)  | GDP per capita (PPP, USD)

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Africa |  Algeria | President  | Abdelmadjid Tebboune  | Minister of Foreign Affairs  | Ramtane Lamamra  | 45,295,169  | 263.7  | 7,333
Egypt | President  | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi  | Minister of Foreign Affairs  | Sameh Shoukry  | 111,929,759  | 519.0  | 6,539.8
Kenya | President  | Uhuru Kenyatta  | Minister of Foreign Affairs  | Raychelle Omamo  | 54,606,493  | 71.4  | 1,746
Nigeria | President  | Muhammadu Buhari  | Minister of Foreign Affairs  | Geoffrey Onyeama  | 221,405,575  | 1109  | 6,204
Senegal | President  | Macky Sall  | Minister of Foreign Affairs  | Aïssata Tall Sall  | 17,557,531  | 25.2  | 1,871
Zimbabwe | President  | Emmerson Mnangagwa  | Minister of Foreign Affairs  | Frederick Shava  | 16,505,473  | 6.1  | 487
Asia |  India | Prime Minister of India  | Narendra Modi  | Ministry of External Affairs  | Subrahmanyam Jaishankar  | 1,422,652,968  | 10257.8  | 7333
Indonesia | President  | Joko Widodo  | Minister of Foreign Affairs  | Retno Marsudi  | 276,495,976  | 1124.6  | 10,585.4
Iran | President  | Ebrahim Raisi  | Minister of Foreign Affairs  | Hossein Amir-Abdollahian  | 88,875,750  | 990.2  | 13,053
Malaysia | Prime Minister  | Anwar Ibrahim  | Minister of Foreign Affairs  | Zambry Abdul Kadir  | 34,124,881  | 447.3  | 15,568
Sri Lanka | President  | Ranil Wickramasinghe  | Minister of External Affairs  | Ali Subry  | 21,867,876  | 116.5  | 5,674
Latin America and the Caribbean |  Argentina | President  | Alberto Fernández  | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship  | Santiago Cafiero  | 45,643,940  | 816.4  | 17,516
Brazil | President  | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva  | Minister of Foreign Affairs  | Mauro Vieira  | 215,861,260  | 3294.2  | 11,769
Chile | President  | Gabriel Boric  | Minister of Foreign Affairs  | Alberto van Klaveren  | 19,616,738  | 299.6  | 17,222
Jamaica | Prime Minister  | Andrew Holness  | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade  | Kamina Johnson-Smith  | 2,825,544  | 24.8  | 9,029
Mexico | President  | Andrés Manuel López Obrador  | Secretary of Foreign Affairs  | Marcelo Ebrard  | 128,028,612  | 2999.6  | 14,610
Venezuela | President  | Nicolás Maduro  | Minister of Foreign Affairs  | Jorge Arreaza  | 28,582,898  | 374.1  | 12,568

## G-15 Summits

| Date | Host country | Host city | Host

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1st G-15 summit | 1–3 June 1990 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Mahathir Mohamad
2nd G-15 summit | 27–29 November 1991 | Venezuela | Caracas | Carlos Andrés Pérez
3rd G-15 summit | 21–23 November 1992 | Senegal | Dakar | Abdou Diouf
4th G-15 summit | 1994 | India | New Delhi | P. V. Narasimha Rao
5th G-15 summit | 5–7 November 1995 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | Carlos Menem
6th G-15 summit | 3–5 November 1996 | Zimbabwe | Harare | Robert Mugabe
7th G-15 summit | 28 October – 5 November 1997 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Mahathir Mohamad
8th G-15 summit | 11–13 May 1998 | Egypt | Cairo | Hosni Mubarak
9th G-15 summit | 10–12 February 1999 | Jamaica | Montego Bay | P. J. Patterson
10th G-15 summit | 19–20 June 2000 | Egypt | Cairo | Hosni Mubarak
11th G-15 summit | 30–31 May 2001 | Indonesia | Jakarta | Abdurrahman Wahid
12th G-15 summit | 27–28 February 2004 | Venezuela | Caracas | Hugo Chávez
13th G-15 summit | 14 September 2006 | Cuba | Havana | Raúl Castro
14th G-15 summit | 17 May 2010 | Iran | Tehran | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
15th G-15 summit | 2012 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | Mahinda Rajapaksa

## See also

* Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The official website adopts the "G-15" orthography (with a hyphen) in order to distinguish an abbreviated reference to this group -- contrasts with other similarly named entities.
2. ↑ "Aims and Objectives" , G-15 website
3. ↑ G15 members
4. ↑ "Aims and Objectives" G-15 website
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "About the G-15". http://www.g15.org/gffunctions.html.
6. ↑ Prematillake, Tharindu. "Lanka Heads Powerful G-15 Serving Collective Interests" . The Nation (Colombo). May 22, 2010.
7. ↑ "World Economic Outlook Database, April 2012". IMF. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2011&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=subject&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=47&pr1.y=9&c=612,213,548,273,223,694,228,722,469,524,534,536,429,343,664,299,698&s=PPPGDP,PPPPC,LP&grp=0&a=.

## Further reading

* Haas, P.M. (1992). "Introduction. Epistemic communities and international policy coordination", International Organization 46,1:1-35. ISSN 0020-8183, E-ISSN 1531-5088
* Bob Reinalda and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415164863; ISBN 978-0-203-45085-7; OCLC 39013643

## External links

* G-15 official website
* IMF

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South–South cooperation and Third Worldism

Global South|

| Development|

* Landlocked developing countries
* Least Developed Countries
* Heavily indebted poor countries

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Markets|

* Emerging markets
* Newly industrialized country
* Transition economy

Worlds theory|

* First World
* Second World
* Third World
* Fourth World

Geopolitics|

* Decolonization
* Cold War
* Neocolonialism
* Multipolarity
* World Conference against Racism
* Durban I
* Durban II
* Durban III
* Globalization

BRICS|

* Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS)
BASIC (BRICS less Russia)
* BRIC (BRICS less South Africa)
* India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA)

Finance|

* Debt
* Asian Clearing Union
* Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
* Asian Development Bank
* Arab Monetary Fund
* BancoSur
* Caribbean Development Bank
* Common Fund for Commodities

Trade and
development

* Developmental state
* Flying geese paradigm
* Infrastructure-based development
* Sustainable development
* Global System of Trade Preferences
* Protocol on Trade Negotiations
* New International Economic Order
* New World Information and Communication Order
* United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
* United Nations Development Programme
* United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Public health|

* Generic drugs
* biosimilar
* Pharmaceutical patents
* criticism
* Test data exclusivity
* Doha Declaration
* World Health Organization

Organizations
and groups

* G-77
* G-15
* D-8
* G20 developing nations (G-20)
* G-24
* G33 developing countries (G-33)
* G-11
* G-90
* Non-Aligned Movement
* African, Caribbean and Pacific Group
* African Union
* Afro–Asian Conference
* Association of Southeast Asian Nations
* Colombo Plan
* Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
* International Solar Alliance
* Melanesian Spearhead Group
* North–South Summit
* Polynesian Leaders Group
* South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone
* South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
* Small Island Developing States
* South Centre
* Third World Network

North–South
divide

* Brandt Report
* Global financial system
* International Monetary Fund
* World Bank
* World Trade Organization
* Fair trade
* Financial regulation
* Global digital divide

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