New York, USA (DT) – For the first time, the Foreign Ministers of the world’s largest economies will convene at the United Nations. On September 25th, G20 Brazil will host the second meeting of the group’s Foreign Ministers in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) room at UN headquarters in New York, coinciding with the 79th United Nations General Assembly.
This meeting will be open to all 193 member states of the UN and will focus on discussions about reforming global governance, a key priority for Brazil’s G20 Presidency. Brazil will lead the efforts to adopt a “Call to Action on Global Governance Reform,” aimed at strengthening the multilateral system and modernizing major international organizations.
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In addition, the G20 representatives will discuss global measures to tackle hunger and poverty and promote sustainable development and a just energy transition, an agenda summarized in the motto “Building a just world and a sustainable planet,” focusing on advancing the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
“This is the first meeting of the G20 at the UN, a milestone in the group’s history that demonstrates the effort of the Brazilian presidency to make discussions more inclusive and comprehensive, bringing them to the center of the debate on the international agenda,” says a note released by the forum’s presidency.
Key Participants
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will take part in the opening session of the meeting, along with UN Secretary-General António Guterres; South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, who will assume the presidency of the G20 in December; and the President of the General Assembly, Philémon Yang. Minister Mauro Vieira will lead the proceedings after the opening session, with the participation of the other G20 Foreign Ministers and UN member countries.
The first meeting of the group’s Foreign Ministers took place in Rio de Janeiro on February 21 and 22, to discuss the G20’s role in the face of current geopolitical tensions.