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At this first meeting, South Africa announced plans to establish a G20 Africa Expert Panel and conduct a stocktake of the G20 finance track to ensure that the G20 remains agile, responsive and fit for purpose.
"2025 must be a year of justice for Africa. I look forward to working with the G20 Presidency of South Africa to help deliver justice for the people of this great continent."
“We are telling G20 members that they should support ongoing work at the UN for a framework convention on international tax cooperation … then we will ensure that the resources, which illegally go out of the continent … are used to self-finance our social economic development programmes.”
AU Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade and Minerals, Albert Muchanga, notes that South Africa has outlined the importance of striving for consensus in a broad-based manner to strengthen decision-making.
"While international cooperation and multilateralism are currently confronted with divisive geopolitics, unprecedented challenges such as climate change, slow economic growth and deepening poverty, the G20 must make strides in forging practical, mutually beneficial cooperation."
"Through solidarity, we can create an inclusive future that advances the interests of people at the greatest risk of being left behind. This is important in an interconnected world where the challenges faced by one nation affect all nations."
"South Africa’s Presidency will be the first time an African country has presided over the G20. We will use this moment to bring the development priorities of the African Continent and the Global South more firmly onto the agenda of the G20."
DIRCO Director-General, Zane Dangor, hosts a delegation from the AU as part of preparations for South Africa's G20 Presidency.
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