Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], November 19 : Brazil President, Luiz Inacia Lula da Silva lauded India's "level of efficiency" in organising the G20 Summit last year and stated that Rio has tried to take inspiration from New Delhi while hosting the summit this year, sources said.
While opening the bilateral meeting, President Lula told PM Modi that Brazil wanted to reach the level of efficiency in organizing the Summit that India had shown last year."
According to sources, President Lula told Prime Minister Modi that a lot of things that they have tried to do in their G20 have been inspired from the G20 in India. He added that Brazil wanted to reach the level of efficiency in organizing the Summit that India had shown last year
The 2024 G20 Summit under the leadership of Brazil saw the launch of the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, which gave a call to world leaders to rise up in the fight against hunger and poverty.
President of Brazil, Luiz Inacia Lula da Silva launched a global alliance against Hunger and Poverty.
At the launch of the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, "Hunger and poverty are not the result of scarcity or natural phenomena. It is the product of political decisions that perpetuate the exclusion of a large part of humanity. The G20 represents 85 per cent of the 110 trillion dollars of the global GDP. It also accounts for 75 per cent of the 32 trillion dollars in trade in goods and services and two-thirds of the planet's 8 billion inhabitants. It is up to those of us gathered around this table to take on the urgent task of ending this scourge that shames humanity."
Bringing attention to international reports, he said, "According to the FAO, in 2024 there will be 733 million people still facing undernourishment. It is as if the populations of Brazil, Mexico, Germany, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Canada combined were going hungry. These are women, men, and children whose rights to life, education, development, and food are violated daily. In a world that produces almost 6 billion tons of food per year, this is unacceptable. In a world where military spending reaches 2.4 trillion dollars, this is unacceptable."
PM Modi also welcomed the Brazilian initiative to establish a Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, underlining that the Global South was severely impacted by food, fuel and fertilizer crises created by the ongoing conflicts, and therefore, their concerns ought to be given primacy.
"We support Brazil's initiative for a "Global Alliance against hunger and poverty". This is an important step towards the implementation of the Deccan High-level principles for Food security, adopted at the New Delhi Summit," he stated.
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