{"id":491935,"date":"2025-11-20T09:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/south-africa-calls-on-the-g20-for-the-same-attention-to-inequality-as-to-the-climate\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T09:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:38:07","slug":"south-africa-calls-on-the-g20-for-the-same-attention-to-inequality-as-to-the-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/south-africa-calls-on-the-g20-for-the-same-attention-to-inequality-as-to-the-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa calls on the G20 for the same attention to inequality as to the climate"},"content":{"rendered":"South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that inequality deserves &#8220;the same, if not more&#8221; attention than the climate crisis, at the closing of the <a href=\"https:\/\/g20.org\/engagement-groups-2\/g20-social-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">G20 Social Summit,<\/a> which has preceded this week&#8217;s meeting of leaders of this group of developed and emerging countries in the country.\n\n&#8220;We hope to be able to establish a global panel on inequality that operates at the same level as the COP20 or COP30, focused on climate change,&#8221; said Ramaphosa at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Johannesburg (north), whose country has held the rotating presidency of the bloc this year.\n\n&#8220;Inequality deserves more, if not the same, (attention) that we are giving to climate change,&#8221; added the president at the closing of the summit, which brought together some 5,000 representatives, mostly from civil society organizations and NGOs, and concluded with the delivery to Ramaphosa of a declaration.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You can also read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/hombre-arrestado-por-supuesta-participacion-en-homicidio-en-la-vega\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man arrested for alleged participation in homicide in La Vega<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe president emphasized that the objective of his country during its term in the group has been &#8220;to ensure that the interests of developing countries take a priority place on the G20 agenda&#8221;, addressing &#8220;poverty, inequality and development&#8221; and following the line set by its predecessor at the head of the bloc, Brazil.\n\n&#8220;We have worked to strengthen and reform the international financial architecture, democratize global governance systems, and promote the right of all nations to development, equality, and dignity,&#8221; he asserted.\n\nThe Social Summit &#8211; which has been held for the second time this year after Brazil established it last year &#8211; addressed a wide range of topics, from digital inclusion to climate justice, through gender equality or freedom of the press.\n\n&#8220;We are deeply concerned about the impact of the withdrawal of international development aid on initiatives that support the provision of health services and health systems,&#8221; Ramaphosa highlighted, after the abrupt interruption of cooperation funds imposed this year by the United States and several European countries, which has had devastating consequences in the global south.\n\n&#8220;We hope that attention to inequality will rise to a new level,&#8221; he concluded, admitting that the meeting is held at a time of &#8220;great uncertainty in the world, political polarization, global competition, conflict and war.&#8221;\n\nFurthermore, he deplored the climate crisis and the inequality in the distribution of wealth and access to financing &#8220;are endangering global development&#8221;.\n\nSouth Africa assumed the rotating presidency of the G20 on December 1, 2024, under the motto &#8220;Solidarity, equality and sustainability&#8221;, and will hold it until November 30 of this year, when the U.S. will take over.\n\nHowever, U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that &#8220;no official&#8221; from the U.S. government will attend the Leaders&#8217; Summit next Saturday and Sunday in Johannesburg, arguing that alleged human rights abuses are being committed against the Afrikaner minority (white South Africans descended from Dutch settlers), a claim flatly rejected by Pretoria.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that inequality deserves &#8220;the same, if not more&#8221; 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