In his opening remarks to leaders and senior representatives from major economies , African partners and international organisations, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa stressed: “Today, as we open the G20 Summit, South Africa is deeply aware of its historic responsibility to put the voices and development priorities of Africa and the Southern Hemisphere at the centre of the global agenda.”
Under the slogan “Solidarity – Equality – Sustainability”, South Africa – the G20 Presidency for 2025 – has held more than 130 meetings throughout the year across South Africa, Africa and internationally, to protect the integrity and credibility of this forum.
The South African President affirmed four major priorities of his term: strengthening resilience and response to natural disasters, supporting post-disaster reconstruction for vulnerable countries; ensuring debt sustainability for low-income countries, especially in Africa; mobilizing large-scale finance for a just energy transition, increasing climate capital flows to developing economies; and promoting on-site processing of strategic minerals to create jobs and inclusive growth.
In addition, Mr. Ramaphosa highlighted issues such as inclusive economic growth, industrialisation, inequality, employment, food security and artificial intelligence.
He welcomed the Sevilla Commitment on development finance, the G20@20 Review (summarizing 20 years of achievements and challenges), the Report of the G20 African Expert Panel (chaired by former South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel) and the Report of the Special Committee on Global Inequality (led by Professor Joseph Stiglitz).
These documents will be considered to promote reform of the international financial architecture and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
Mr. Ramaphosa also stressed the need for multilateralism to deal with the threats facing humanity today.
He thanked all delegations for working with South Africa “in good faith to produce a worthy G20 outcome document” and stressed his commitment to not letting anything diminish the value, stature and impact of Africa’s first G20 presidency.
The conference will take place over two days, November 22-23, with a focus on discussions on inclusive growth, climate change, food security, artificial intelligence, and global economic governance reform.
With the participation of heads of state of G20 countries (except the US), guest countries, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and leaders of many international organizations, the conference is expected to adopt a strong joint statement, affirming the value of multilateralism and committing to "leaving no one, no community and no country behind."
The US will host the G20 Summit in 2026 and Mr Ramaphosa said he would have to hand over the rotating presidency to an "empty chair".
Previously, G20 host South Africa rejected the US's request to send a Chargé d'Affaires from the Embassy to hand over the G20 presidency.
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