PALESTINE: ‘Palestine elected presiding country of Group of 77 at UN’, Al Jazeera, 26 July 2018

Palestine has been elected as the presiding country of the Group of 77, the biggest bloc of developing countries at the UN. Over the years, the bloc has expanded to include 135 members today, which represents 80 percent of the world's population. The bloc also speaks as one voice at the General Assembly. Palestine will take over from the current presiding country Egypt in January 2019. Palestine's UN ambassador Riyad Mansour confirmed the move, and said Palestine 'will be negotiating on behalf of 135 countries.' 'Palestine elected presiding country of Group of 77 at UN', Al Jazeera, 26 July 2018