Why in Broadcast?
- The leaders at India’s G20 Summit came up with a joint communique named the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration — after months of work and last minute negotiations. The communique is filled with deliverables on a range of issues. It is also crafted in a different way, not the usual paragraphs that are structured in a joint declaration.
Preamble
- We are One Earth, One Family, and we share One Future.
- The Leaders of the G20, met in New Delhi on 9-10 September 2023, under the theme ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’.
- Leaders of G20 committed to:
- Accelerate strong, sustainable, balanced and inclusive growth.
- Accelerate the full and effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
- Pursue low-GHG/low-carbon emissions, climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable development pathways by championing an integrated and inclusive approach.
- G20 will accelerate its actions to address development and climate challenges, promote Lifestyles for Sustainable Development (LiFE), and conserve biodiversity, forests and oceans.
- Improve access to medical countermeasures and facilitate more supplies and production capacities in developing countries to prepare better for future health emergencies.
- Focus on effectively addressing the debt issues of developing countries.
- Scale up financing for achieving SDGs.
- More efforts & resources for achieving the Paris Agreement.
- Pursue reforms for better, bigger and more effective Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs).
- Improve access to digital services and digital public infrastructure for sustainable and inclusive growth.
- Promote sustainable, quality, healthy, safe and gainful employment.
- Close gender gaps and meaningful participation of women in the economy as decision-makers.
- Strengthening the voice of developing countries in global decision making.
For the Planet, People, Peace and Prosperity
- Deeply concerned with the immense human suffering and the adverse impact of wars and conflicts around the world.
- G20 acknowledge that geopolitical and security issues have significant consequences for the global economy.
- War in Ukraine has led to global food and energy in security. It has affected the supply chains, macrofinancial stability, inflation and growth.
- All the states were called upon to uphold the principles of international law including territorial integrity and sovereignty, international humanitarian law, and the multilateral system that safeguards peace and stability.
- Today’s era must not be of war.