WASHINGTON (CMC):

Antigua and Barbuda has called for greater cooperation between the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G24) and the United Nations' Group of 77.

The Chairman of the Group of 77, Ambassador John Ashe of Antigua, made the call while addressing the finance ministers ahead of the spring meetings between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

"On this important occasion, it is only appropriate to recall that almost three years ago, at the Second South Summit in Doha, our leaders urged the union and coordination of efforts between the G-77 and the G-24 to seek to achieve the much-needed reform of the international financial architecture," the Antiguan envoy said.