Matera, city of the Sassi, welcomes the 32 participants in the G20 Foreign and Development GXNUMX. Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio did the honors for Italy. Representatives of individual countries, ofUN and of the EU are all in attendance, except the Chinese, Brazilian and Australian ministers who, for the various meetings, will connect via videoconference.

Matera headquarters of the G20 Foreign and Development

The work of the summit foresees the relaunch of multilateralism to face the global challenges affecting the planet and for a greater attention to the African continent. On the agenda the study on inclusion policies for young people and women and then again trade and the energy transition. Food safety will be part of the joint session 'Foreign and Development'held for the first time in a G20 ministerial. The aim is to relaunch the goal "zero hunger " by 2030. The leaders of the international organizations FAO, IFAD and WFP will also participate in this meeting.

matera center g20

A working session dedicated to the financing of sustainable development is also planned, which will be attended by the ministers of development and will be chaired by the Italian Deputy Foreign Minister, Marina Sereni. With the joint ministerial, the Italian presidency intends to bring the global situation of food security and nutrition to the center of the international political agenda, thus providing the political impetus and momentum necessary for concrete actions to address food crises and achieve the goal ' zero hunger 'by 2030. At the end of the works, the Ministerial Declaration of Matera will be adopted.

People, planet and prosperity

During the day there is also a walk among the guests Sassi of Matera, naturally with the observance of very strict security measures. In the city of Basilicata, inside the station designed by Stefano Boeri for Matera, capital of culture, Fal has set up a very special exhibition. An intervention by "exhibition design”And contemporary art that bases its conceptual premise on the trinomial People, Planet, Prosperity, around which the program of the Italian presidency of the G20 is articulated.

PEOPLE IN MATERA G20

The nations that are part of the G20

The nations participating in the G20 represent 80 percent of world GDP, 75 percent of trade and 60 percent of the population. The countries are: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, India, Indonesia, Italy. And, again, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union. Spain is invited as a permanent guest.

People, planet and prosperity: the themes of the G20 underway in Matera last edit: 2021-06-29T17:18:12+02:00 da Staff

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