New York
India, during its G-20 Presidency, is amplifying the voice and concerns of the Global South and developing countries, the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj said.
Speaking at ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development 2023 on Thursday (local time), Kamboj said, The Voice of the Global South Summit held in January 2023, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was attended by 125 countries, including 18 at Heads of State/Government level and others at the Ministerial level.
Furthermore, Kamboj said, during India’s ongoing Presidency, participation from Africa is the highest ever, which includes South Africa (G20 Member), Mauritius, Egypt, Nigeria, AU Chair – Comoros, and the African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD).
India’s G20 Presidency reached its 100th event on 17 April with the Meeting of the Agricultural Chief Scientists in Varanasi. Following the spirit of ‘One Earth One Family One Future’, India is committed to forging consensus through the G20 process to find solutions to global challenges, Kamboj added.
Kamboj further raised concern over the uncertain global economic outlook, inflationary pressures, debt distress, uneven recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, lack of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the adverse effects of climate change, and geopolitical conflicts and said that these have impacted the Global South the most.
The developmental initiatives of the Global South, in particular the implementation of the 2030 agenda and the SDG targets, are facing serious challenges. There is a growing recognition of the urgent need to address these issues, including by strengthening multilateral coordination to tackle debt distress in low-income and vulnerable middle-income countries effectively, she said.
