Jordan Times
Friday, August 27, 2004
G-20 website highlights
diversified information about member states
The group has a wide geographical representation from 3 continents
AMMAN, August 27 (JT) - Marking the first anniversary of the establishment of
the Group of 20 (G-20), the Brazilian ministry of external relations has
inaugurated a website of the group, a statement from the embassy of Brazil in
Amman said on Thursday.
The website can be accessed through the address
www.g-20.mre.gov.br. It
provides information on its member countries, their history, proposals,
statistics and press communiqués.
According to the website, the G-20 of developing countries, established on Aug.
20, 2003, is committed to the program set out in the Doha Development Agenda, in
which agriculture is the focus. It seeks to address distortions and restrictions
affecting agriculture trade, such as export subsidies.
In addition, the group will work to develop operational and effective special
treatment mechanisms with a view to addressing food security and livelihood
concerns of rural populations.
The group has a wide geographical representation from three continents: Five
from Africa (Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe), six from Asia
(China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand) and eight from
Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay and
Venezuela and Guatemala).
The G-20 see themselves as consolidating as an essential interlocutor in
agricultural negotiations due to its consistency in agriculture production and
trade, (representing almost 60 per cent of the world population and 26 per cent
of the world's agricultural exports), its ability to interact with other
groupings in the World Trade Organization, and the capacity to translate a vast
range of developing countries' interests into consistent proposals.