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Meeting Report: Group of 77 and South Centre convening on the Future of Antimicrobial Resistance Response in Developing countries 25 September 2024, New York The South Centre and the Permanent Mission of Uganda to the United Nations (UN) in New York, Chair for the Group of 77 and China, organized a breakfast meeting on 25 of September 2024 on “The Future of Antimicrobial Resistance Response in Dev. [...] Muñoz noted that the South Centre has over a decade of experience in providing policy advice, negotiation and technical assistance on AMR, including providing support to the Group of 77 and China in the run up to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High Level Meeting on AMR in 2016 and 2024. [...] The South Centre has a dedicated work theme on antimicrobial resistance and has had the privilege to work with the Group of 77 and China in New York, and the delegations in 2 Geneva to the World Health Organization (WHO), in the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and in the G. [...] The key will be to get the world to make the needed commitments and mobilize the needed resources before the high tide comes in. [...] The challenges include gaps in laws and regulations and poor enforcement regarding the use of medically important antibiotics in farm animals as well as the sale and dispensing of antibiotics in variety stores and pet shops without prescription, which contributes to the irrational use and increase the risk of acquiring substandard medicines.