The two-day G20 summit has kicked off in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Report informs.
Leaders of G20 countries and some other states, including the leaders of Angola, Bolivia, Qatar, Colombia, Egypt, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, and Vietnam, have been invited to the event.
Brazil has chosen sustainable development, global governance and institutional reforms including the UN, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Trade Organization, social integration, and action against hunger as main topics for its presidency term.
The official presentation of the Global Alliance to Fight Hunger and Poverty, proposed by Brazil, is planned to be held on November 18. The alliance aims to encourage countries, international organizations, and the private sector to take action to ensure food security, particularly in the most vulnerable regions.
Brazil also wants to include in the declaration a call for peaceful resolution of conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. "The message about ensuring peace applies not only to a specific conflict but to all conflicts. This confirms Brazil's emphasis on global governance reforms. We need peace so that the international community can focus on its main goals, namely fighting poverty and promoting sustainable development, including combating climate change," said Brazil's sherpa (trusted representative of a G20 member country's leader) Mauricio Lyrio before the summit.