The Group of 15 (G-15) 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.
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.
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. 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.
Member countries and organizations
World Bank (2023)
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Region
! Member
! colspan="2" | Leader
! colspan="2" | Foreign minister
! Population
! GDP (PPP, billion USD)
! GDP per capita (PPP, USD)
|-
| rowspan="6" |Africa
| style="text-align:left" |
| President
| Abdelmadjid Tebboune
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
| Ahmed Attaf
| style="text-align:right" | 45,295,169
| style="text-align:right" | 263.7
| style="text-align:right" | 5821.8
|-
| style="text-align:left" |
| President
| Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
| Badr Abdelatty
| style="text-align:right" | 111,929,759
| style="text-align:right" | 2,370
| style="text-align:right" | 21,668
|-
| style="text-align:left" |
| President
| William Ruto
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
| Musalia Mudavadi
| style="text-align:right" | 57,092,313
| style="text-align:right" | 401.4
| style="text-align:right" | 7,534
|-
| style="text-align:left" |
| President
| Bola Tinubu
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
| Yusuf Tuggar
| style="text-align:right" | 235,598,090
| style="text-align:right" | 1,565
| style="text-align:right" | 6,706
|-
| style="text-align:left" |
| President
| Bassirou Diomaye Faye
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
| Yassine Fall
| style="text-align:right" | 18,759,358
| style="text-align:right" | 31.01
| style="text-align:right" | 4,869
|-
| style="text-align:left" |
| President
| Emmerson Mnangagwa
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
| Frederick Shava
| style="text-align:right" | 16,505,473
| style="text-align:right" | 26.54
| style="text-align:right" | 1,592.42
|-
| rowspan="5" |Asia
|style="text-align:left" |
|Prime Minister
|Narendra Modi
|Minister of External Affairs
|S. Jaishankar
|style="text-align:right" |1,422,652,968
|style="text-align:right" |10257.8
|style="text-align:right" |7333
|-
|style="text-align:left" |
|President
|Prabowo Subianto
|Minister of Foreign Affairs
|Sugiono
| 276,495,976
| style="text-align:right" | 1124.6
| style="text-align:right" | 10,585.4
|-
| style="text-align:left" |
| President
| Masoud Pezeshkian
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
| Abbas Araghchi
| style="text-align:right" | 88,875,750
| style="text-align:right" | 990.2
| style="text-align:right" | 13,053
|-
| style="text-align:left" |
| Prime Minister
|Anwar Ibrahim
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
| Mohamad Hasan
| style="text-align:right" | 34,124,881
| style="text-align:right" | 447.3
| style="text-align:right" | 15,568
|-
| style="text-align:left" |
| President
| Anura Kumara Dissanayake
| Minister of External Affairs
| Vijitha Herath
| style="text-align:right" | 21,867,876
| style="text-align:right" | 116.5
| style="text-align:right" | 5,674
|-
| rowspan="6" |Latin America and the Caribbean
|style="text-align:left" |
|President
|Javier Milei
|Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship
|Gerardo Werthein
| 45,643,940
| style="text-align:right" | 816.4
| style="text-align:right" | 17,516
|-
|style="text-align:left" |
| President
| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
| Mauro Vieira
| style="text-align:right" | 215,861,260
| style="text-align:right" | 3294.2
| style="text-align:right" | 11,769
|-
|style="text-align:left" |
| President
| Gabriel Boric
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
| Alberto van Klaveren
| style="text-align:right" | 19,616,738
| style="text-align:right" | 299.6
| style="text-align:right" | 17,222
|-
|style="text-align:left" |
| Prime Minister
| Andrew Holness
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
| Kamina Johnson-Smith
| style="text-align:right" | 2,825,544
| style="text-align:right" | 24.8
| style="text-align:right" | 9,029
|-
|style="text-align:left" |
| President
| Claudia Sheinbaum
| Secretary of Foreign Affairs
| Juan Ramón de la Fuente
| style="text-align:right" | 128,028,612
| style="text-align:right" | 2999.6
| style="text-align:right" | 14,610
|-
|style="text-align:left" |
| President
| Nicolás Maduro
| Minister of Foreign Affairs
| Yván Gil
| style="text-align:right" | 28,582,898
| style="text-align:right" | 374.1
| style="text-align:right" | 12,568
|-
|}
G-15 Summits
{| class="wikitable"
! !! Date !! Host country !! Host city!! Host
|-
| 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 || 15-17 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
Further reading
- Haas, P.M. (1992). "Introduction. Epistemic communities and international policy coordination", International Organization 46,1:1-35. , E-
- Bob Reinalda and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations London: Routledge. ; ;
External links
- G-15 official website
- IMF