Newly elected Chair of the G77 and China in New York visits South Centre

H.E. Mr. Lumumba Stanislaus-Kaw Di-Aping, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Sudan to the UN in New York visited South Centre to meet the Chairperson, Executive Director and the Staff members.

Sudan has been newly elected as the Chair of G77 and China in New York for 2009 and Ambassador Stanislaus-Kaw Di-Aping will have the responsibility of coordinating the G77 and China positions and acting as the spokesperson on several issues.

Ambassador Stanislaus-Kaw Di-Aping, also participated in the fifth South Intellectual Platform Meeting organised by the South Centre on 7th February where he shared his reflections on the challenges ahead for the G77 and China in 2009 and called for greater cooperation and advisory role of the South Centre to the G77 Chair in New York for 2009.

South Centre TV: Interview with the new Chairman of G-77 Chapter in Geneva

On 12 February 2008, Ambassador Chitsaka Chipaziwa of Zimbabwe assumed the Chairmanship of the Geneva Chapter of the Group of 77 from Honduras at an official ceremony at Palais des Nations, Geneva.

The South Centre TV captured the first interview given by the new Chairman on the challenges he sees ahead for the G-77 and the role of South Centre. The interview was conducted by Mr. Vice Yu, Head, Global Governance for Development Programme, South Centre.



This interview is also available at YouTube.com at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okCrd3sckfg and at http://blip.tv/file/664666