{"id":11119,"date":"2018-09-02T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/?p=11119"},"modified":"2023-04-25T14:10:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T18:10:02","slug":"south-south-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/business\/south-south-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"What is ‘South-South Cooperation’?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\"What<\/a>The United Nations General Assembly, in 1974, through the resolution 3251(XXIX), endorsed the establishment of a unit within the United Nations Development Program-\u00a0United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)<\/span><\/strong>. The South-South Cooperation is a term used to describe the technical cooperation, exchange of resources, supporting local capabilities, institutes, expertise and human capital, in contribution of national development policies, of the Global South.<\/p>\n

The term\u00a0Global South<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0has emerged in postcolonial studies that refer to the ‘Third World’.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0It is for the \u2018developing countries,\u2019 which also share interconnected histories of colonialism and neo-imperialism.<\/p>\n

Member States:<\/h3>\n

The member states of the South-South Cooperation are primarily located in the\u00a0Southern Hemisphere<\/span><\/em>, including Asia (with the exception of Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan), Central America, South America, Mexico, Africa, and the Middle-East (with the exception of Israel).<\/p>\n

Guiding Principles:<\/h3>\n

Guided by the principles of national sovereignty, national ownership and independence, equality, non-conditionality, non-interference in domestic affairs and mutual benefit; the South-South cooperation was manifested on the solidarity among people and nations. It contributes to the well-being, national and collective self-reliance and the attainment of internationally agreed development goals including the\u00a0\u20182030 Agenda for Sustainable Development<\/em>,\u2019<\/i><\/span> by the member states.<\/p>\n

Origin of the South-South Cooperation:<\/h3>\n

The history of South-South Cooperation can be analyzed through a time frame of four periods:<\/p>\n