The accord, largely ironed out in advance in New York by the 133 members, also set goals for sustainable development and national sovereignty over natural resources – a key concern for China, the world’s second-biggest economy and with increasing clout in Latin America.

They earlier deliberated on calls for a new economic world order – and a fairer international system. Morales, a leader of Latin America’s hard left and the group’s current president, called for “eliminating world hierarchies.”

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