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{{Short description|Informal forum}}
{{Infobox Organization
| name           = Group of 15
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| mcaption       = Members of G-15 <ref name="orthography"/>
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| formation      = September 1989 <br /> 1990 (Summit)
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| purpose        = Act as a catalyst for greater cooperation between leading developing countries.<ref name=G-15-aims>[http://www.g15.org/gfaims.html "Aims and Objectives"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429074613/http://www.g15.org/gfaims.html |date=2010-04-29 }}, G-15 website</ref>
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| location       = [[Place:Geneva|Geneva]], {{wipe|Switzerland}}
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{{IDN}} <br />  {{IRN}} <br />  {{JAM}} <br />  {{KEN}} <br />  {{MAS}} <br />  {{MEX}} <br />  {{NGR}} <br /> {{SEN}} <br />  {{SRI}} <br />  {{VEN}} <br />  {{ZIM}} }}
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| leader_title   = G-15 Chair
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The '''Group of 15''' ('''G-15''')<ref name="orthography">The [http://www.g15.org/ official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912210315/http://www.g15.org/ |date=2017-09-12 }} adopts the "G-15" [[Social:Orthography|orthography]] (with a hyphen) in order to distinguish an abbreviated reference to this group -- contrasts with other similarly named entities.</ref> is an informal forum set up to foster cooperation and provide input for other international groups, such as the [[Organization:World Trade Organization|World Trade Organization]] (WTO) and the [[Organization:G7|Group of Seven]].  It was established at the Ninth Non-Aligned Movement Summit Meeting in [[Place:Belgrade|Belgrade]], Yugoslavia, in September 1989, and is composed of countries from Latin America, Africa, and Asia with a common goal of enhanced growth and prosperity. The G-15 focuses on cooperation among developing countries in the areas of investment, trade, and technology. Chile, Iran and Kenya have since joined the Group of 15, whereas Yugoslavia is no longer part of the group, and Peru, a founding member-state, decided to leave the G-15 in 2011. Membership thus has since expanded to 17 countries, but the forum's name remains unchanged.<ref>[http://www.g15.org/gfmembers.html G15 members] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424153309/http://www.g15.org/gfmembers.html |date=2012-04-24 }}</ref>

==Structure and activities==
Some of the objectives of the G-15 are:

* To harness the considerable potential for greater and mutually beneficial cooperation among developing countries
* To conduct a regular review of the impact of the world situation and of the state of international economic relations on developing countries
* To serve as a forum for regular consultations among developing countries with a view to coordinate policies and actions
* To identify and implement new and concrete schemes for South-South cooperation and mobilize wider support for them
* To pursue a more positive and productive North-South dialogue and to find new ways of dealing with problems in a cooperative, constructive and mutually supportive manner.<ref>[http://www.g15.org/gfaims.html "Aims and Objectives"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429074613/http://www.g15.org/gfaims.html |date=2010-04-29 }} G-15 website</ref>

By design, the G-15 has avoided establishing an administrative structure like those for international organizations, such as the {{wipe|United Nations}} or the [[Organization:World Bank|World Bank]]; but the G-15 does have a Technical Support Facility (TSF) located in Geneva. The TSF functions under the direction of the Chairman for the current year.  The TSF provides necessary support for the activities of the G-15 and for its objectives.<ref name="about">{{Cite web |url=http://www.g15.org/gffunctions.html |title=About the G-15 |access-date=2010-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429074623/http://www.g15.org/gffunctions.html |archive-date=2010-04-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Other organs and functions of the G-15 include:

* Summit of heads of state and government: The G-15's summit is organized biennially, with the venue being rotated among the three developing regions of the G-15 membership.<ref name="about"/>
* Annual meetings of Ministers of Foreign Affairs: G-15 Ministers of Foreign Affairs typically meet once a year to coordinate group activities and to prepare for the nest summit of G-15 leaders.<ref name="about"/>
* Steering committee (''Troika''): A steering committee, or ''Troika'', is composed of three foreign ministers, one from the preceding summit host country, the present host country and the anticipated next host countries.  These three are responsible for oversight and coordination.<ref name="about"/>
* Personal representatives of heads of state and government: Each member country is represented by personal representatives of heads of state and government who meet regularly in Geneva.<ref name="about"/>

In addition, the Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Services (FCCIS) is a private sector forum of G-15 member countries.  The purpose of the FCCIS is to coordinate and maximize efforts which promote business, economic development and joint investment in G-15 nations.<ref name="about"/>

In 2010, the chairmanship of the G-15 was accepted by Sri Lanka at the conclusion of the 14th G-15 summit in [[Place:Tehran|Tehran]].<ref name="prematillake">Prematillake, Tharindu. [http://www.nation.lk/2010/05/23/newsfe5.htm  "Lanka Heads Powerful G-15 Serving Collective Interests"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528010135/http://www.nation.lk/2010/05/23/newsfe5.htm |date=2010-05-28 }}. ''The Nation'' (Colombo). May 22, 2010.</ref>

== Member countries and organizations==
World Economic Outlook database (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2011&ey=2011&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=subject&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=47&pr1.y=9&c=612%2C213%2C548%2C273%2C223%2C694%2C228%2C722%2C469%2C524%2C534%2C536%2C429%2C343%2C664%2C299%2C698&s=PPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=|title=World Economic Outlook Database, April 2012|publisher=IMF}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Region
! Member
! colspan="2" | Leader
! colspan="2" | Foreign minister
! Population
! GDP (PPP, billion USD)
! GDP per capita (PPP, USD)
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Earth:Africa|Africa]]
| style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Algeria}}'''
|  President
|  Abdelmadjid Tebboune
|  Minister of Foreign Affairs
|  Ramtane Lamamra
| style="text-align:right" | 45,295,169
| style="text-align:right" | 263.7
| style="text-align:right" | 7,333
|-
| style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Egypt}}'''
|  President
|  Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
|  Minister of Foreign Affairs
|  Sameh Shoukry
| style="text-align:right" | 111,929,759
| style="text-align:right" | 519.0
| style="text-align:right" | 6,539.8
|-
| style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Kenya}}'''
|  President
|  Uhuru Kenyatta
|  Minister of Foreign Affairs
|  Raychelle Omamo
| style="text-align:right" | 54,606,493
| style="text-align:right" | 71.4
| style="text-align:right" | 1,746
|-
| style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Nigeria}}'''
|  President
|  Muhammadu Buhari
|  Minister of Foreign Affairs
|  Geoffrey Onyeama
| style="text-align:right" | 221,405,575
| style="text-align:right" | 1109  
| style="text-align:right" | 6,204
|-
| style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Senegal}}'''
|  President
|  Macky Sall
|  Minister of Foreign Affairs
|  Aïssata Tall Sall
| style="text-align:right" | 17,557,531
| style="text-align:right" | 25.2
| style="text-align:right" | 1,871
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{nowrap|'''{{flag|Zimbabwe}}'''}}
|  President
|  Emmerson Mnangagwa
|  Minister of Foreign Affairs
|  Frederick Shava
| style="text-align:right" | 16,505,473
| style="text-align:right" | 6.1
| style="text-align:right" | 487
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Earth:Asia|Asia]]
|style="text-align:left" | '''{{Flag|India}}'''
|Prime Minister of India
|Narendra Modi
|Ministry of External Affairs
|Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
|style="text-align:right" |1,422,652,968
|style="text-align:right" |10257.8
|style="text-align:right" |7333
|-
|style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Indonesia}}'''
|President
|Joko Widodo
|Minister of Foreign Affairs
|Retno Marsudi
| 276,495,976
| style="text-align:right" | 1124.6
| style="text-align:right" | 10,585.4
|-
| style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Iran}}''' 
|  President
|  Ebrahim Raisi
|  Minister of Foreign Affairs
|  Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
| style="text-align:right" | 88,875,750
| style="text-align:right" | 990.2
| style="text-align:right" | 13,053
|-
| style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Malaysia}}'''
|  Prime Minister
|Anwar Ibrahim
|  Minister of Foreign Affairs
|Zambry Abdul Kadir
| style="text-align:right" | 34,124,881
| style="text-align:right" | 447.3
| style="text-align:right" | 15,568
|-
| style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Sri Lanka}}'''
|  President
|  Ranil Wickramasinghe
|  Minister of External Affairs
|  Ali Subry
| style="text-align:right" | 21,867,876
| style="text-align:right" | 116.5
| style="text-align:right" | 5,674
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Finance:Latin America and the Caribbean|Latin America and the Caribbean]]
|style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Argentina}}'''
|President
|Alberto Fernández
|Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship
|Santiago Cafiero
| 45,643,940
| style="text-align:right" | 816.4
| style="text-align:right" | 17,516
|-
|style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Brazil}}'''
|  President
|  Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
|  Minister of Foreign Affairs
|  Mauro Vieira
| style="text-align:right" | 215,861,260
| style="text-align:right" | 3294.2
| style="text-align:right" | 11,769
|-
|style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Chile}}'''
|  President
|  Gabriel Boric
|  Minister of Foreign Affairs
|  Alberto van Klaveren
| style="text-align:right" | 19,616,738
| style="text-align:right" | 299.6
| style="text-align:right" | 17,222
|-
|style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Jamaica}}'''
|  Prime Minister
|  Andrew Holness
|  Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
|  Kamina Johnson-Smith 
| style="text-align:right" | 2,825,544
| style="text-align:right" | 24.8
| style="text-align:right" | 9,029
|-
|style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Mexico}}'''
|  President
|  Andrés Manuel López Obrador 
|  Secretary of Foreign Affairs
|  Marcelo Ebrard
| style="text-align:right" | 128,028,612
| style="text-align:right" | 2999.6
| style="text-align:right" | 14,610
|-
|style="text-align:left" | '''{{flag|Venezuela}}'''
|  President
|  Nicolás Maduro
|  Minister of Foreign Affairs
|  Jorge Arreaza
| style="text-align:right" | 28,582,898
| style="text-align:right" | 374.1
| style="text-align:right" | 12,568
|- 
|}

== G-15 Summits ==
{| class="wikitable"
! !! Date !! Host country !! Host city!! Host  
|-
| 1st G-15 summit|| 1–3 June 1990 || Malaysia || [[Place:Kuala Lumpur|Kuala Lumpur]] || Mahathir Mohamad
|-
| 2nd G-15 summit|| 27–29 November 1991 || Venezuela || [[Place:Caracas|Caracas]] || Carlos Andrés Pérez
|-
| 3rd G-15 summit|| 21–23 November 1992 || Senegal || [[Place:Dakar|Dakar]] || Abdou Diouf
|-
| 4th G-15 summit|| 1994 || {{wipe|India}}|| [[Place:New Delhi|New Delhi]]|| P. V. Narasimha Rao
|-
| 5th G-15 summit|| 5–7 November 1995 || {{wipe|Argentina}} || [[Place:Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires]] || Carlos Menem
|-
| 6th G-15 summit|| 3–5 November 1996 || Zimbabwe || [[Place:Harare|Harare]] || Robert Mugabe
|-
| 7th G-15 summit|| 28 October – 5 November 1997 || Malaysia || [[Place:Kuala Lumpur|Kuala Lumpur]] || Mahathir Mohamad 
|-
| 8th G-15 summit|| 11–13 May 1998 || [[Place:Egypt|Egypt]] || [[Place:Cairo|Cairo]] || Hosni Mubarak
|-
| 9th G-15 summit  || 10–12 February 1999 || Jamaica || Montego Bay || P. J. Patterson
|-
| 10th G-15 summit|| 19–20 June 2000 || [[Place:Egypt|Egypt]] || [[Place:Cairo|Cairo]] || Hosni Mubarak
|-
| 11th G-15 summit|| 30–31 May 2001  || Indonesia || [[Place:Jakarta|Jakarta]] || Abdurrahman Wahid
|-
| 12th G-15 summit || 27–28 February 2004 || Venezuela || [[Place:Caracas|Caracas]] || Hugo Chávez
|-
| 13th G-15 summit  || 14 September 2006 || Cuba || [[Place:Havana|Havana]] || Raúl Castro
|-
| 14th G-15 summit || 17 May 2010 || [[Religion:Iran|Iran]] || [[Place:Tehran|Tehran]] || [[Biography:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad|Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]
|-
| 15th G-15 summit  || 2012 || Sri Lanka || [[Place:Colombo|Colombo]] || Mahinda Rajapaksa
|-
|}

==See also==
* Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (GSTP)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Haas, P.M. (1992). [https://www.jstor.org/pss/2706951 "Introduction. Epistemic communities and international policy coordination"], ''International Organization'' 46,1:1-35. {{ISSN|0020-8183}}, E-{{ISSN|1531-5088}}
* Bob Reinalda and Bertjan Verbeek. (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Bt3AzOHtXwgC  ''Autonomous Policy Making by International Organizations''] London: Routledge. {{ISBN|9780415164863}}; {{ISBN|978-0-203-45085-7}}; {{OCLC| 39013643}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170912210315/http://www.g15.org/ G-15 official website]
*[http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/groups.htm IMF]

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