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G-20 foreign ministers discuss global security at Brazil's presidency opening

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The Group of 20 (G20) foreign ministers met in Rio de Janeiro to discuss poverty, climate change, and heightened global tensions. Brazil, as the current G20 presidency holder, proposed reforms of global governance institutions such as the United Nations (UN), World Trade Organization (WTO), and multilateral banks. The Brazilian ambassador to the bloc, Mauricio Lyrio, emphasized the urgency for structural reforms of international institutions due to their inability to prevent or halt conflicts, specifically mentioning those in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip. The UN Security Council was criticized for its paralysis on these issues.

    1. It is the task of those gathered around this table to address this shameful scourge that dishonours humanity. For this reason, we have made the launch of a Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty the central goal of Brazil's G20 presidency.
    2. Taxation of 2% on the total assets of super-rich individuals could generate funds of about $250 billion per year to be invested in facing up to social and environmental challenges all over the world.
    1. The world is currently entering a new period of turbulence and change.
    1. These are countries that want to have their say. And they will no longer accept that everything will continue to be the way it has been for decades.
    2. Our Israeli partners can count on Germany's solidarity.
    3. We are experiencing a major, major change in global structures.
    1. The United States strongly supports Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Everyone around this table in my view should, as well.
    1. President Biden will announce a historic US pledge during the Rio summit and rally other leaders to step up their contributions.
    1. Brazil wanted a global deal to fight poverty, a project to finance green transition and some consensus over a global tax for the superrich. Only the first one has survived.
    1. Brazilian diplomacy has been strongly engaged in this task, but to expect a substantively strong and consensual declaration in a year like 2024 with two serious international conflicts is to set the bar very high.