Deputy Secretary-General, in Remarks for G20 Leaders’ Summit, Spotlights Vital Role of South-South, Triangular Cooperation to Address Developing Countries’ Challenges

Deputy Secretary-General, in Remarks for G20 Leaders’ Summit, Spotlights Vital Role of South-South, Triangular Cooperation to Address Developing Countries’ Challenges

Source: United Nations

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, via Zoom as prepared for delivery, at the Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders’ Summit Side Event:  Enabling Inclusive Development through South-South and Triangular Cooperation, today:

We meet here today at a time of great turmoil:  COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and its impact on rising food and energy costs, increasing climate carnage…

Yet, at a time when international solidarity is needed more than ever, 54 developing countries stand on the brink of debt distress, with dozens about to fall behind them.  This is why the leadership of Indonesia and active engagement of the G20 to strengthen international development cooperation is needed like never before.

Indonesia was the birth cradle of South-South cooperation at the Bandung Africa-Asia Conference of 1955.  Its leadership has been further demonstrated by systematic incorporation of South-South Cooperation in its national development plans, establishing Indonesia AID and an endowment fund, and today, bringing us to this discussion on the sidelines of the G20 Meeting.  We must look to South-South and triangular cooperation as a source of dynamism and innovation to support developing countries through immediate and long-term development challenges.

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