Developing countries double down on technology at Havana summit

Developing nations on Saturday declared Sept. 16 the annual “Day of Science, Technology and Innovation in the South” as they prepared to wrap
up a two-day summit on the subject.
“We note with deep concern the existing disparities between developed and developing countries in terms of conditions, possibilities and capacities to produce new scientific and technological knowledge,” the final declaration of the G77 group of developing nations and China said.
“We call upon the international community, the United Nations System and the International Financial Institutions to support the efforts of the countries of the South to develop and strengthen their national science, technology and innovation systems,” the organization, which now counts 134 countries, stated.
The statement cited the pandemic and unequal distribution of vaccines as an example, pointing out that all but Cuba’s were developed outside the block and rich nations were disproportionately vaccinated.