UN General Assembly
2014

demand an investigation of the crimes committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip. The Plurinational State of Bolivia, like other Latin American countries, agrees on the profound need to reiterate the legitimacy of United Nations resolutions demanding the end of the occupation of the Palestinian territories and the construction of an independent State within the borders existing prior to 4 June 1967. That is why we again reiterate the need to recognize Palestine as a full-fledged Member of the United Nations. As Chair of the Group of 77 and China, I cannot fail to mention the important commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the Group of 77, held on 14 and 15 June in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. The Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Group of 77 and China adopted a declaration entitled “For a new world order for living well” (see A/68/948), which confirms the principles of unity, complementarity and solidarity and the building of a new world order that establishes a more just and