What did Antonio Guterres say on India in New Delhi before the start of the G-20 meeting - see full statement

G-20 Summit: Bharat Mandapam at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi is ready to welcome foreign guests. India is presiding over the G-20 this year. Big leaders of the world like US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, UK PM Rishi Sunak, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau are reaching to join it. Before the start of the meeting, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has given a big statement regarding India. Antonio Guterres has expressed confidence that India, which is all set to host the leaders' summit during its presidency of the G20, will do "everything possible" to ensure that existing geopolitical divisions are bridged and the world The important gathering of leaders will conclude with "likely results".

UN Secretary General will also participate in G-20

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will also reach Delhi on Friday to attend the G20 leaders' summit on September 9 and 10, for which world leaders including US President Joe Biden are traveling to India. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are not attending the summit. Guterres said at the 13th ASEAN-UN Summit in Jakarta, “I am confident that India will make every effort to ensure that the current geopolitical divisions are bridged and the G20 is concluded with possible outcomes.” He was replying to a question on New Delhi's support for bringing the African Union (AU) into the grouping of the world's largest economies as well as his expectations from India as the host of the G20.

These are the main issues of G-20

India took over the presidency of the G20 for a year in December last year and the grouping's leaders' summit in Delhi was marked by a host of geopolitical challenges, including the Ukraine war, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic slowdown, climate change, rising poverty. , happening in the midst of inequalities. These are the main issues for the G-20 this time. Guterres said that since he is attending the G20 summit, there are some questions that will be important to him. "There must be a clear message about reforming the international financial architecture to adapt it to the needs of today's world," he said. Another important aspect, the UN chief said, was debt relief and access to long-term concessional funding. to enable developing countries to recover from the effects of COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and many other situations that are pushing many countries to the brink of debt crisis.

Said this about African countries

Guterres said that many countries are facing situations in which they do not have the fiscal space to meet the needs of their people. Guterres said that the United Nations has a very solid partnership with the African Union. He said Africa has a "serious problem" of representation in today's international institutions. “I strongly support the presence of at least one African country as a permanent member of the Security Council.

I can see that a reform of the 'Bretton Woods system' is necessary for a stronger African participation and of course I would be very happy to see the African Union as a member of the G20." Currency controls in the world after World War II For this a system was created which was based on the value of the dollar rather than the price of gold, this is called the 'Bretton Woods system'. The G20 comprises the world's 19 most prosperous countries and the European Union.