Protesters respond to Abbas taking over largest bloc of member states at UN The Group of 77, or G77—a U.N. group that includes 134 developing countries—elected Riyad Mansour, head of the Palestinian mission, as its next leader for 2019. Jackson Richman Jan. 17, 2019
A desperate Abbas celebrates in New York as Palestinians take helm of major UN bloc of nations While it may appear that the Palestinians are slowly managing to achieve their goal of achieving full U.N. membership, the likelihood of this happening still remains slim. Israel Kasnett Jan. 15, 2019
Palestinians to lead UN’s largest bloc of nations The Palestinians are set to lead the largest bloc of members in the United Nations, known as the Group of 77 (G77). Jan. 14, 2019
UN votes to give ‘State of Palestine’ leadership of developing-nations bloc In a landslide, the U.N. General Assembly voted by grant the “State of Palestine” additional temporary rights and privileges that will enable it to head the largest bloc of developing countries at the United Nations. Oct. 17, 2018
Major Jewish group expresses concern over Palestinians leading UN’s G77 bloc “It is completely inappropriate for a non-member state to preside over the G77,” said Arthur Stark, chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman/CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, in a statement. July 26, 2018
