Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a project on Friday under which India Will provide essential medical supplies to developing countries in case of natural disasters or humanitarian crisis and proposes to set up ‘Centres of Excellence’ to facilitate development solutions for these countries.
In his opening remarks at the concluding session of the Voice of the Global South virtual summit, Modi also said that India will launch a ‘Science and Technology Initiative’ to share its expertise with other developing countries.
He announced that New Delhi would set up new scholarships for students from developing countries to pursue higher education in India and create a new platform to connect young officials from foreign ministries of countries.
“Now I would like to announce a new ‘Aarogya Maitri’ project. Under this project, India will provide essential medical supplies to any developing country affected by natural disasters or humanitarian crisis,” Modi said.
“To synergize our diplomatic voices, I propose a ‘Global-South Young Diplomats Forum’ to engage young officials from our foreign ministries. India will also launch a ‘Global-South Scholarship’ for students from developing countries to pursue higher education in India.
In his remarks, Modi said India’s approach to development partnership has been consultative, result-oriented, demand-driven, people-centric and respectful of the sovereignty of partner countries.
“I am pleased to announce that India will set up a ‘Global-South Center of Excellence’. This institution will research development solutions or best practices from any of our countries, which can be scaled up and applied to other members of the Global South. can be done.”
Modi said that India has also made a lot of progress in areas like space technology and nuclear energy.
“We will launch a ‘Global-South Science and technology initiative’ to share our expertise with other developing countries,” he said.
Modi highlighted the challenges of Covid, rising prices of fuel, fertiliser, food grains and rising geo-political tensions and said they have adversely affected developing countries.
“The last three years have been difficult, especially for us developing countries. The challenges of the COVID pandemic, rising prices of fuel, fertilizers and food grains and rising geopolitical tensions have affected our development efforts,” he said.
“However, the beginning of a new year is a time for new hope,” he said.
Listing India’s global outlook, he said its philosophy has always seen the world as one family and that developing countries aspire for a globalization that does not create “climate crisis or debt crisis”.
“We want a globalization that does not lead to unequal distribution of vaccines or more concentrated global supply chains. We want a globalization that brings prosperity and well-being to all of humanity. In short, we want ‘human-centred globalisation’,” Modi said.
He said that developing countries are concerned about the increasing fragmentation of the international landscape.
“These geopolitical tensions distract us from focusing on our development priorities. They cause sharp fluctuations in international prices of food, fuel, fertilizers and other commodities,” he said.
“To address this geopolitical fragmentation, we urgently need a fundamental reform of key international organisations, including the UN Security Council and the Bretton Woods institutions,” he said.
He said these reforms should focus on giving voice to the concerns of the developing world and reflect the realities of the 21st century.
“India’s G20 presidency will seek to give voice to the views of the Global South on these important issues,” he said.
Modi said the summit has seen the participation of over 120 developing countries.
In his closing remarks at the leaders’ session, Modi said all developing countries agreed on the importance of South-South cooperation and collectively shaping the global agenda.
He said developing countries agree on the importance of investing in connectivity infrastructure and the need to diversify global supply chains.
He further said that developing countries are united in the belief that the developed world has not met its obligations on climate finance and technology.
India hosted the two-day summit to bring together the countries of the Global South and provide a common platform to share their common concerns related to various global challenges including food and energy security. ukraine Struggle
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