Rio de Janeiro: In confirmation of the State of Qatar’s keenness to maintain its presence and participation in international meetings, global consultations and specialized forums, HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani will participate Monday in the Group of 20 (G20) summit, at the invitation of HE President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose country holds the current G20 presidency. The 2024 G20 Summit will take place in Rio de Janeiro in the presence of Their Highnesses and Excellencies heads of state and government, and delegations.
According to Qatar News Agency, held under the theme “Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet,” the 19th G20 summit brings together leaders of the G20 member states representing the world’s major economic powers, as well as the African Union, the European Union, heads of state and government of 19 guest countries, and leaders of 15 major international organizations. Among prominent participants in the summit are US President Joe B
iden, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The two-day summit will focus on three priorities under this overarching theme – social inclusion and the fight against hunger and poverty; energy transitions and the promotion of sustainable development in its economic, social and environmental dimensions; and reform of global governance institutions. The summit features three main sessions. The first session will address combating hunger and poverty. Around 733 million people are suffering from hunger around the world. According to World Bank data, 20 million people, half of whom are children, live in conditions of extreme poverty.
The second session will focus on reforming global governance, while the third session will focus on sustainable development and energy transition. The war in the Middle East will be present in the Rio de Janeiro summit. According to the Brazilian presidency, member states are div
ided on whether such crises and issues should be addressed in G20 discussions. These divisions have made drafting the Leaders’ Declaration somewhat of a challenge.
However, negotiations on the G20 final declaration continued on the eve of the summit with the aim of finding a common language on the war in Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East, as well as on other items on the agenda, such as food security, international debt and taxation, climate and energy, women’s empowerment, and artificial intelligence. Analysts believe that divisions and disagreements over some issues, and fears of the outbreak of trade wars next year, will not prevent Brazil from achieving consensus on the priorities of its G20 presidency, foremost among which are combating poverty and imposing taxes on the “super-rich.” The first plenary session of the summit will feature the launch of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, a major initiative launched by the Brazilian president who leads the largest economic power in Lat
in America. The initiative aimed at mobilizing countries and international organizations to accelerate efforts in the fight against hunger and poverty by 2030.