G20 Summit Concludes in South Africa with Focus on AI, Jobs, and Critical Minerals
G20 leaders opened the final day of their South Africa summit on Sunday with a session dedicated to critical minerals, employment issues and artificial intelligence.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa chaired a plenary session titled “A Fair and a Just Future for All Critical Minerals; Decent Work; Artificial Intelligence.”
On Saturday, G20 leaders held two sessions, the first on inclusive and sustainable economic growth, covering building economies, trade, financing for development and the debt burden, and the second, “A Resilient World – the G20’s Contribution,” focused on disaster risk reduction, climate change, just energy transitions and food systems.
Marking the first G20 summit held in the African continent under South Africa’s presidency, with the theme “solidarity, equality and sustainability,” the leaders adopted a summit declaration without the participation of the US.
“Guided by the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter in its entirety, we will work for a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Ukraine,” said the122-point declaration.
It also urged more global action on issues that specifically affect poor countries, like climate-related disasters and sovereign debt levels, and was promoted by the host country as a victory for the first G20 summit to be held in Africa.
The high-level gathering is scheduled to conclude with a closing ceremony at 1 pm local time (GMT1100).
