G20 Foreign Ministers to Gather in Bali Tomorrow; Here's the Agenda
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6 July 2022 22:26 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia as the host of the G20 Presidency will hold a Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (G20 FMM) in Bali on Th ursday and Friday, July 7-8, 2022, with the theme of “Building a more peaceful, stable, and prosperous world together”.
As quoted from the press statement released by the Foreign Affairs Ministry today, July 6, the G20 FFM will have two sessions. The first session is on Strengthening Multilateralism and the second one is on Food and Energy Security.
In the first session, the forum will discuss joint steps to strengthen global collaboration and build mutual trust between countries in order to create an enabling environment for world stability, peace, and development.
Two speakers will present their views in the first session. They are UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Prof. Jeffrey Sachs from Columbia University.
In the second session, the forum will discuss strategic measures to tackle the food crisis, fertilizers shortage, and rising global commodity prices. Russia's invasion of Ukraine raises the issue of food security.
In this session, there will be three speakers. They are David Beasley as Executive Director of the World Food Programme, Damilola Ogunbiyi as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy, and Mari Pangestu as Managing Director of the World Bank.
“The G20 as an economic forum representing various regions of the world has the power to discuss these issues comprehensively to find sustainable socio-economic solutions,” wrote the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The G20 comprises 19 countries and the European Union (EU). The 19 countries are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
DANIEL AHMAD
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