Brazil presents proposal for global alliance against hunger and poverty at UN's HLPF
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A Brazilian delegation participated this week in the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development at the United Nations (UN) in New York, in the USA, and presented a proposal to create a global alliance to combat hunger and poverty, WAM reports.
According to Agência Brasil, Brazil’s State News Agency and WAM’s partner, the aim is to combine knowledge, finances, and partnerships to improve conditions for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This global agenda was established in 2015 by the United Nations with the purpose of building and implementing public policies to guide humanity until 2030.
UN representatives praised the Brazilian initiative. “I commend Brazil for its leadership against hunger and poverty and for its commitment to addressing global challenges,” highlighted the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Jane Mohammed. She also pointed out that 2.4 billion people in the world suffer from food insecurity, while 4 billion lack access to social protection policies.
For Brazil's Ministry of Social Development and Assistance, Family, and Fight Against Hunger, the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty "is one of the country's main initiatives as chair of the G20 [the group that brings together the world's 19 largest economies, the European Union, and the African Union]."
Upon assuming the rotating presidency of the G20 in 2023, Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, announced three main pillars for his leadership of the international body: the fight against hunger, poverty, and inequality; the three dimensions of sustainable development (economic, social, and environmental); and the reform of global governance.
Since then, the G20 Task Force, responsible for designing the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, has been working on composing a series of public policies that will gather all the accumulated expertise over decades, with programs for income transfer, social protection, school feeding, among others, drawing from the experience of various countries and international organisations. According to international reports, prepared for Brazil's G20 presidency, quoted by Agência Brasil, resources do not reach the neediest in the world and rarely achieve the scale necessary to induce transformational changes.
The G20 Leaders' Summit will take place on 18th and 19th November, 2024, in Rio de Janeiro. In a recent interview with WAM, the city's mayor, Eduardo Paes, said Rio stands ready to welcome the event.
“Historically, whenever people think of Brazil, they think of Rio; there is a desire to come to Rio. I think President Lula understands this very well, and it is no coincidence that he chose Rio to be the G20 capital,” he further added.
The United Arab Emirates has been invited to participate in the G20 meetings for the fifth time. The country participated in the summits in India in 2023; Indonesia in 2022; Saudi Arabia in 2020; and France in 2011.
The G20 is the group formed by South Africa, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, South Korea, the United States, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Russia, Turkey, the European Union, and the African Union, which received member status at the New Delhi Summit in September. The G20 accounts for about 85 percent of the world's GDP, 75 percent of international trade, and two-thirds of the world's population.