As the mega G20 Summit concluded, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday mentioned that he has set forth three key priorities below his nation’s presidency of the grouping – social inclusion and the battle in opposition to starvation, vitality transition, and sustainable growth and reform of world governance establishments.

“All these priorities are part of the Brazilian presidency motto which says ‘Building a fair world and a sustainable planet’. Two task forces will be created – Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty and the Global Mobilisation against Climate Change,” the President mentioned as Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed him the ceremonial gavel of the G20 Presidency.

Notably, Brazil will maintain the G20 Presidency in 2024.

Stating that the world must redouble its efforts to attain the aim of ending world starvation by 2030, President Lula mentioned, “We want greater participation of the emerging economies in the decision-making process of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, the unbearable foreign debts of the poor countries need to be addressed.”

“…We are living in a world where wealth is more concentrated in which millions of human beings still go hungry, where sustainable development is always threatened, in which government institutions still reflect the reality of the middle of the last century. We will only be able to face all these problems if we address the issue of inequality – inequality of income, of access to healthcare, education, food, gender and race and also of representation is at the origin of these anomalies,” he added, as quoted by information company ANI.

Lula da Silva ‘touched’ after go to to Raj Ghat

The Brazilian President on Sunday morning visited the Raj Ghat the place he paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi. Calling Gandhi his ‘role model’, the President drew a parallel between his Labour Movement’s work and Gandhi’s non-violent wrestle.

“I used to be emotionally touched after we went to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi…Gandhi has nice that means in my political life…He is a job mannequin I’ve adopted for a lot of a long time…Brazil will take the chair to attempt to do one thing like India,” he mentioned.

(With inputs from companies)