The document calls for an \u201camplified voice\u201d for the Global South\u201d at the UN, and condemns unilateral coercive measures as illegal<\/p>\n
The BRICS nations on Saturday called out \u201cunilateral coercive measures,\u201d condemned terrorism, and called for the peaceful resolution of global disputes through dialogue and diplomacy in their summit declaration.
\nThe declaration adopted by the BRICS leaders at their 18th summit in New Delhi reaffirmed the bloc\u2019s \u201copposition to unilateral coercive measures that are contrary to international law\u201d and the UN charter, and called to eliminate them.
\nThe leaders of emerging and developing countries pointed out that sanctions and secondary sanctions have \u201cfar-reaching negative implications\u201d including for human rights and food security, and disproportionately affect the poor and vulnerable.\u00a0
\nThe BRICS leaders repeated their earlier calls to reform the UN and other global institutions to reflect the new global realities. The New Delhi declaration stressed that no single country or group of countries should have a monopoly over senior positions in the UN \u2013 which was formed in the aftermath of World War 2.
\nIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the same point while addressing the leaders, saying a \u201crapidly changing world can no longer be governed by outdated institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Importantly, China and Russia, the two BRICS members who are also permanent members of the Security Council, reiterated their support for \u201cBrazil and India to play a greater role in the UN, including its Security Council.\u201d
\nBRICS, which started as a five-member grouping two decades ago, has now expanded to 11 full members, raising its economic size and global influence.\u00a0
\nThe adoption of the 45-page declaration is itself seen as a success for Indian diplomacy, which was able to unite Iran and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 on different sides of the Middle East conflict \u2013 behind the document.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping in New Delhi \u2013 after seven years \u2013 along with Russian President Vladimir Putin, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has added to the gathering\u2019s gravitas amid rising global tensions and economic turbulence.
\nThe BRICS leaders condemned all acts of terrorism as \u201ccriminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation\u201d \u2013 a point that host India has repeatedly made at various global fora. The declaration specifically condemned the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir in April last year, in which 26 civilians were killed. India clashed with nuclear-armed neighbor Pakistan with drones and missiles following that attack.
\nThe BRICS countries also called out the unilateral blockade of Cuba, and expressed concern over deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure and peaceful nuclear facilities in violation of resolutions by the International Atomic Energy Agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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While the document does not mention the Ukraine conflict, it says\u00a0\u201dnuclear safeguards, safety, and security must always be upheld, including in armed conflicts, to protect people and the environment from harm\u201d\u00a0\u2013 an obvious reference to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, which has seen attacks by Ukrainian forces endangering its safety.
\nThe BRICS nations opposed the forced displacement of the Palestinian people from \u201cOccupied Palestinian Territory,\u201d and any geographic or demographic changes in the Gaza Strip. They further called on Israel to withdraw its forces from all Lebanese territories.
\nThe next BRICS summit will be held in China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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