The agreement to admit the AU was championed by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi
a highly influential international economic forum made up of the world’s wealthiest countries, at its meeting in India.on Saturday following an agreement, reached by consensus, among the existing member states.– who told the One Earth G20 summit being held in New Delhi that he was “delighted” over the decision. and 19 member states in the bloc, which represents more than 85% of the world’s economy, and includes key roleplayers like the United States, Russia and China.
In his address to a plenary session, Ramaphosa said that global reconstruction in the wake of Covid-19 presented an opportunity to accelerate the transition to low carbon, climate resilient and sustainable society. This needed to be supported by concrete policies – and access to adequate and predictable funds from private and public sources – if the United Nations sustainable development goals were to be met.“Development partners need to both meet their existing commitments and upscale official development assistance. Ordinary people see billions of dollars being spent on the weapons of war instead of addressing development challenges,” he said.
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