Ecuador takes chair of UN group of developing countries

Ecuador has taken over from Thailand as chair of the Group of 77 which promotes the interests of the 134 developing countries it represents at the United Nations, including China.

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa told in handover ceremony that the group will continue promoting “social and economic equality.”

He said this can only be done if “poverty, inequality and exclusion” are eradicated and people live with “sovereignty, dignity and in peace.”