G20 Declaration will be voice of global south: Amitabh Kant

India on Friday said the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration was "almost ready" and the negotiators were moving towards a consensus. India's top G20 officials told a pre-summit press conference that they were hopeful of clinching a joint communique by consensus."India's expectation is that all G20 members will move towards a consensus and we are hopeful of a consensus on the communique," Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said in response to a question on the Ukraine conflict holding up an agreement on the New Delhi Declaration. Addressing a pre-Summit press briefing, India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said: "We wanted the world to take lead on green development in the context of climate action and climate finance... And because both SDGs (sustainable development goals) and climate action require finance, particularly for developing and emerging markets in the Global South, it is critical that we focus on the multilateral institutions of the 21st century." Amitabh Kant says..."One of the key takeaways of India's presidency is that the world acknowledges that India has truly revolutionised technology through the digital public infrastructure..."

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On the issue of multilateral development banks (MDB) reforms, Ajay Seth, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, said: "There has been a very rich and intense discussion, and we are highly hopeful that the discourse over the past nine months will get a positive consideration from the leaders." Kant also said the joint declaration after the G20 Leaders' Summit will be seen as the voice of the Global South and developing countries.
In its G20 presidency, India has been focusing on various issues such as inclusive growth, digital innovation, climate resilience and equitable global health access.The G20 member countries represent around 85 per cent of the global GDP, 80 percent of emissions, over 75 per cent of the global trade and about two-thirds of the world population.The grouping comprises Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, the US and the European Union (EU).