Electronic screens of the 15th BRICS Summit are seen at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 16, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng) During the ten years between the two summits in South Africa, BRICS, which groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa,...
Electronic screens of the 15th BRICS Summit are seen at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 16, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng) During the ten years between the two summits in South Africa, BRICS, which groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa,...
when it was founded in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The bloc is on the eve of staging its 16th summit of heads of state and government in Kazan, Russia. With much already being said and debated on the effectiveness and relevance of the bloc, it ...
And so has the unique UN gathering – The ‘Summit of the Future’ with the passage of the long anticipated, ‘Pact for the Future’. So, it’s not surprising that those of us concerned with global governance, global order and global summitry have turned our attention to the – Informal...
Colum Lynch at Devex, examined recent UN developments including the SDG Summit in 2023 and now, at the doorstep, the Summit for the Future in 2024: The roots of the future summit date back to 2020, when world leaders marked the 75th anniversary of the U.N.’s founding, issuing a declar...
In this global context, three of the most important debates to monitor at the Johannesburg summit are: (1) the possible expansion of BRICS membership, (2) the expansion of the membership of its New Development Bank, or NDB, and (3) the NDB’s role in creating alternatives to the use of...
The Johannesburg summit is set to bring together the leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa, with Russian President Vladimir Putin expected to participate via video link, according to South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor.
At its annual summit in Johannesburg last week, the bloc of five emerging countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—announced plans to expand for the first time since 2010. On January 1, 2024, the BRICS will welcome six new members: Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia,...
A woman walks past a banner advertising the 2023 BRIC's summit at the Sandton Convention Center on Aug 20, 2023, in Johannesburg, South Africa. [Photo/VCG] President Xi to attend group's summit and make State visit to South Africa With a host of multilateral and bilateral agendas in the...
A woman walks past a banner advertising the 2023 BRIC's summit at the Sandton Convention Center on Aug 20, 2023, in Johannesburg, South Africa. [Photo/VCG] President Xi to attend group's summit and make State visit to South Africa With a host of multilateral and bilateral agendas in the...