Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (AFP) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday opened a Group of 77 plus China summit in Bolivia, with developing countries calling for a more fair new world economic order.
Ban spoke to a vast audience that included some 30 heads of government and representatives of more than 100 nations, about two-thirds of the world’s countries.
The destiny of billions of poor people and the state of the planet depends on their work, Ban told the group.
Dignitaries at the event include the presidents of Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba and host nation Bolivia.
China, which is not a G77 member, is participating in the summit, partly in a nod to its expanding trade ties in Latin America, although President Xi Jinping will not attend.