(18 Nov 2024)
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 18 November 2024
1. Various of nation leaders at G20 Summit conference room
2. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan next to Russia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov
3. Argentina’s President Javier Milei
4. SOUNDBITE (English) David Biller, Associated Press:
"Brazil is hosting the G20 in Rio de Janeiro in this building right behind me. But two major wars and Donald Trump’s election victory have tempered any expectation of a strongly worded statement on geopolitics. Further clouding prospects for consensus, Argentine negotiators are challenging clauses supporting gender equality and a global tax on the super rich. That leaves experts anticipating a softer statement focused on social issues like the eradication of hunger, one of Brazil’s priorities. Looming large on Monday was news of Biden authorizing Ukraine to use U.S. supplied missiles to strike deeper inside Russia. G20 negotiators are still seeking acceptable language to address the wars in both Ukraine and the Middle East. Donald Trump’s election win earlier this month and the imminent return of his America First doctrine may also hamper the diplomatic spirit needed for broad agreement on divisive issues. Brazil’s government has stressed that its priority was concrete action, such as the launch on Monday of its Global Alliance Against Hunger, as well as the resources needed for its implementation. As of Monday afternoon, 82 countries have signed on."
5. Various of G20 summit family photo
STORYLINE:
Brazil pushed for concerted action to alleviate hunger Monday as it hosted a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies amid global uncertainty over two major wars and incoming U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva welcomed foreign leaders to Rio de Janeiro’s modern art museum Monday morning and delivered an opening address that focused on fighting food insecurity.
“It is for those of us here, around this table, to face the undelayable task of ending this stain that shames humanity,” Lula told his colleagues. “That will be our biggest legacy.”
Heightened global tensions and uncertainty about an incoming Trump administration ahead of the summit already had tempered expectations for a strongly worded statement addressing the conflicts in the Middle East and between Russia and Ukraine. Further dimming prospects, G20 officials told The Associated Press that Argentina’s negotiators have started challenging some of the draft language.
That has left experts anticipating a final document focused on social issues like the eradication of hunger — one of Brazil’s priorities — even if it still aims to include at least a mention of the ongoing wars.
“Brazilian diplomacy has been strongly engaged in this task, but to expect a substantively strong and consensual declaration in a year like 2024 with two serious international conflicts is to set the bar very high,” said Cristiane Lucena Carneiro, an international relations professor at the University of Sao Paulo.
After Lula thwarted far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro’s reelection bid in 2022, there was some excitement in the international community at the prospect of the leftist leader and savvy diplomat hosting the G20. Bolsonaro had little interest in international summits, let foreign policy be guided by ideology and clashed with several leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron. Lula took office and often quoted a catchphrase: “Brazil is back."
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