SC G20 Leaders’ Summit Session 3 Statement, 22-23 November 2025

G20 Leaders’ Summit

Johannesburg, South Africa

22-23 November 2025

South Centre Statement submitted to Session Three: A Fair and a Just Future for All: Critical Minerals; Decent Work; Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Carlos Correa, South Centre Executive Director, highlighted at the G20 Leaders’ Summit  that while the world is transitioning to a critical mineral-intensive future,  resource-rich poor countries are stuck at the bottom of the value chain. On AI, he stressed that the United Nations should continue to play an important role in shaping the international AI governance.

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SC G20 Leaders’ Summit Session 1 Statement, 22-23 November 2025

G20 Leaders’ Summit

Johannesburg, South Africa, 22-23 November 2025

South Centre Statement submitted to Session One: Inclusive and sustainable economic growth leaving no one behind: Building our economies; the role of trade; financing for development and the debt burden

South Centre Executive Director, Dr. Carlos Correa, spoke at the G20 Leaders’ Summit, congratulating  South Africa’s successful G20 Presidency and stressing that any reform of the WTO should be development oriented & preserve S&DT.

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