G20 India 2023

The 2025 G20 Summit under South Africa's presidency marked a pivotal moment in contemporary multilateralism, highlighting Africa's growing role in global governance. Building on successive Global South presidencies, the summit foregrounded debt distress, climate vulnerability, and critical mineral governance within a fragmented geopolitical context. While the adoption of a leaders' declaration demonstrated diplomatic success, outcomes remained largely incremental, with limited structural reform in global financial and trade architectures. The summit exposed a key paradox, normative recognition of developing country concerns without substantive redistribution. Ultimately, it underscored both the persistence of multilateralism and the need for deeper institutional transformation to address systemic inequalities.

The G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration asserts that the ‘use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is inadmissible’.

India and Japan as Chairs of the G20 and G7 respectively can play a key role in ensuring that global nuclear instability is effectively managed.

The name recognition associated with multilateral organisations like the G-20 and the QUAD provides a useful entry point for creating awareness on cybersecurity issues for the common man.

‘सबका साथ’ के मंत्र को स्थापित कर रहा है भारत में G-20 का आयोजन

India could help in the resumption of the suspended scientific exchanges by the West in the Arctic.