Lula calls for reform of the UN Security Council and Africa at G7

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva participated in the early hours of this Saturday (20) – afternoon in Japan – in his first debate as a guest at this edition of the G7.

He also asked again for the UN (United Nations) Security Council reform, including new permanent members.

According to Lula’s PT party, the organization “will not recover the efficiency, political and moral authority to deal with the conflicts and dilemmas of the 21st century”.

“It makes no sense to call on emerging countries to contribute to solving the ‘multiple crises’ that the world faces without their legitimate concerns being addressed and without their being adequately represented in the main organs of global governance,” Lula said.

“A more democratic world in decision-making that affects everyone is the best guarantee for peace, sustainable development, the rights of the most vulnerable, and the protection of the planet,” he concluded.

G7

The G7 (Group of 7) is formed by some of the largest economies in the world: Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

Representatives of the countries and guests are gathered for the summit this weekend in Hiroshima, Japan.

In this edition, the war in Ukraine will be one of the main subjects of the event.

Also on the agenda are inflationary dynamics in the world’s major economies, ways to face the vulnerabilities of low- and middle-income countries due to the debt crisis, and ways to accelerate actions on climate change and energy transition, among other issues.

LULA

Lula arrived in Hiroshima on Thursday (18). He will participate in 3 debates and have at least 7 bilateral meetings during the trip.

The Brazilian president has already met with

• the prime minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese;
• the prime minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, and
• Indonesia’s president, Joko Widodo.

He is expected to have at least 5 more meetings:

• IMF (International Monetary Fund) managing director Kristalina Georgieva;
• President of France, Emmanuel Macron;
• Prime Minister of Germany, Olaf Scholz;
• Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh;
• Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres.

The bilateral meetings are negotiated and confirmed according to the heads of state and government agendas.

Poder360 discovered that at least one more meeting would occur: with the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.

With information from Poder360

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