G15 hears plea for unity<\/p>\n
BANGALORE, India (AFP): Ministers of the G15 group of
\ndeveloping nations began a two-day meeting here Tuesday, amid
\nimpassioned pleas for unity before a new round of global trade
\ntalks in November.<\/p>\n
\"Coordinating our positions is of utmost importance at the
\nvarious stages of negotiations, from setting the negotiation
\nagenda until its final conclusion,\" said Egyptian Minister for
\nTrade and Supply and G15 chairman Ahmed Goweily.<\/p>\n
Goweily said G15 members must ensure that the World Trade
\nOrganization (WTO) meeting in Seattle in November took the needs
\nof developing countries \"on board.\"<\/p>\n
In his inaugural address to the meeting, Indian Commerce
\nMinister Ramakrishna Hegde spelled out the G15's opposition to
\nthe inclusion of such issues as social clauses and the
\nenvironment in the agenda of the Seattle summit.<\/p>\n
The G15, founded in 1989, actually groups 17 nations --
\nAlgeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Egypt, India, Indonesia,
\nKenya, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Sri
\nLanka, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.<\/p>",
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