Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described the just-finished G20 Summit here as “fruitful” and said world leaders had described the deliberations on issues of global importance such as fighting the pandemic, improving health infrastructure, boosting economic cooperation and promoting innovation.
During the two-day summit, the G-20 leaders adopted the ‘Rome Declaration’ and the directive gives a very strong message under the health section with the countries agreeing that the coronavirus vaccination is a global public good.
“Leaving for Glasgow after a fruitful @g20org Summit in Rome. During the Summit, we were able to have elaborate deliberations on issues of global importance such as fighting the pandemic, improving health infrastructure, boosting economic cooperation and furthering innovation,” Modi tweeted.
Leaving for Glasgow after a fruitful @g20org Summit in Rome. During the Summit, we were able to have elaborate deliberations on issues of global importance such as fighting the pandemic, improving health infrastructure, boosting economic cooperation and furthering innovation. pic.twitter.com/LBN17RFkah
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 31, 2021
The G-20 leaders have agreed that the World Health Organisation would be strengthened to fast-track the process for emergency use approval for Covid-19 vaccines, India’s G-20 Sherpa Piyush Goyal said on Sunday.
Seeing that energy and climate were the main focus of the discussions at the summit Goyal said India and many other developing countries pushed for safeguarding the interest of the developing world.
“We were also joined by the developed countries to increase the ambition from the current levels of commitment and active interest that the developed world has shown in terms of providing technology and affordable finance,” he said.
“We have really got into the text the language that confirms that the developed world has acknowledged that they have not done enough in terms of meeting their commitments and that they will have to be more forthcoming in providing finance in providing technology and (be) the enablers to make the transition to a clean energy world in the future,” he said.
Goyal said it was also decided that the recognition of Covid vaccines which are deemed to be safe and efficacious by the WHO will be mutually accepted subject to national and privacy laws that the countries may have.
In Rome Modi interacted with several world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and South Korean President Moon Jae-in among others.