South Africa pledges continuity on Brazil’s G20 priorities

Dec 12, 2024

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Publicado em 03/12/2024

As it prepares to take over the G20 presidency in December, South Africa has pledged to continue Brazil’s agenda for the group, which brings together the world’s largest economies, including 19 countries and the European and African Unions. Zane Dangor, South Africa’s G20 sherpa who will lead negotiations next year, told Valor that the South African presidency will follow Brazil’s priorities “very closely.”

Mr. Dangor said South Africa’s key focuses will include global solidarity, sustainable development, and addressing inequality. Artificial intelligence and innovation for developing countries will also be part of this agenda.

One of Brazil’s core priorities, reforming global governance, will continue under South Africa’s leadership, with a focus on debt relief for developing nations. Mr. Dangor emphasized the need for these countries to “have a stronger voice in policies that shape the global economy.”

Like Brazil, South Africa plans to hold a Social G20 and a foreign ministers’ meeting during the UN General Assembly in New York. “It’s essential to reinforce that while the G20 is significant for countries like South Africa and Brazil, it is not the UN, which remains the world’s central convening institution. The G20 can influence it, but it does not replace it,” Mr. Dangor said.

 

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