The 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit (Portuguese: Cúpula do G20 Rio de Janeiro 2024) is the ongoing nineteenth meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20), a Heads of State and Government meeting currently taking place at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro from 18–19 November 2024. It is the first G20 summit to be held in Brazil. It also marks the first full G20 summit with the African Union as a member, having joined during the G20 during the previously summit in 2023.
Presidency
The Brazilian presidency officially started on 1 December 2023, with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as chair, under its theme being Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet.
Agenda priorities
G20 Brazil has put three main agenda priorities for the G20 dialogue in 2024:
- Social inclusion and the fight against hunger
- Energy transition and sustainable development in its social, economic, and environmental aspects
- Reform of the global governance institutions
Addressing the G20 countries in India on 10 September 2023, Lula announced the creation of the Global Mobilization Against Climate Change working group, to create forms to generate income and reduce inequalities for the people affected by climate change. Another focus of the Brazilian presidency will be to work for the comprehensive reform of global institutions, such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization, in addition to the Reform of the United Nations Security Council, to expand the voice and influence of the Global South on the world stage.
G20 Social
The Brazilian presidency launched the G20 Social, a space where for the first time, the organization will bring civil society into the debate and can participate and contribute to discussions and policy formulations regarding the summit.
Treaty against hunger and poverty
On 24 July 2024, the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty multilateral treaty was drafted by the federal government of Brazil, with the G20 countries and international organizations, to support and accelerate efforts to eradicate hunger and poverty, while reducing inequalities. The ratification by all parties is expected for November 2024 during the leaders summit.
Preparations
The government of Brazil budgeted R$ 300 million (60 million USD) for the G20 events in 15 cities.[3] For the security of the foreign minister’s event on February 21–22, the government has deployed 1,200 security personnel from the Armed Forces and the Federal Police. The Museum of Modern Art in Rio, housing sixteen thousand works of art, the main venue of the summit, underwent an extensive renovation and restoration, budgeted in R$ 40 million (7.6 million USD).
In April, the Police of Rio de Janeiro simulated a terrorist attack against the Christ the Redeemer statue as part of an exercise in preparation for the leaders summit.[21] The Santos Dumont Airport will be closed for the leaders summit, and an aerial exclusion zone will be implemented by the Brazilian Air Force.[22] For the leaders summit, the government has deployed 20,000 security personnel of the Armed Forces and National Force together with eight intelligence centers.
Issues
Russia and Ukraine
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for war crimes against Russian President Vladimir Putin. On 9 September 2023, Lula stated that Putin “can attend next year’s G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro without fear”, adding that “if I’m Brazil’s president, and if he comes to Brazil, there’s no reason he’ll be arrested”. His chief foreign policy advisor, Celso Amorim, later confirmed the government’s intention to invite Putin to the summit. However, in December 2023, Lula said that Putin could be arrested in Brazil, but that would be decided by Brazil’s independent courts, not his government.
On 18 October 2024, President Vladimir Putin announced that he will not go to the summit, “my possible visit would wreck the group’s work”, stated Putin.
Other issues
Dialogue on the rising of global temperatures and the principles of the digital economy are among themes of the agenda. This Brazilian presidency will also treat as priority the Israel–Hamas war and rising bloc confrontation between the United States and China.
Participating leader
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Argentina
Javier Milei, President -
Australia
Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister -
Brazil
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President
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Canada
Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister -
China
Xi Jinping, President -
France
Emmanuel Macron, President -
Germany
Olaf Scholz, Chancellor -
India
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister -
Indonesia
Prabowo Subianto, President -
Italy
Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister -
Japan
Shigeru Ishiba, Prime Minister -
Mexico
Claudia Sheinbaum, President -
South Korea
Yoon Suk-yeol, President -
Russia
Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister -
Saudi Arabia
Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Foreign Minister -
South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa, President -
Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President -
United Kingdom
Keir Starmer, Prime Minister -
United States
Joe Biden, President -
European Union
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission -
European Union
Charles Michel, President of the European Council -
African Union
Mauritania
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani,
2024 Chairperson of the African Union and President of Mauritania
Guests
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Angola
João Lourenço, President
guest invitee -
Bolivia
Luis Arce, President
guest invitee -
Chile
Gabriel Boric, President
guest invitee -
Colombia
Gustavo Petro, President
guest invitee -
Egypt
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President
guest invitee -
Malaysia
Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister
guest invitee and 2025 Chairperson of ASEAN -
Nigeria
Bola Tinubu, President
guest invitee -
Norway
Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister
guest invitee -
Paraguay
Santiago Peña, President
guest invitee -
Portugal
Luís Montenegro, Prime Minister
guest invitee -
Qatar
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir
guest invitee -
Singapore
Lawrence Wong, Prime Minister
guest invitee -
Spain
Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister
Permanent guest invitee -
Tanzania
Samia Suluhu Hassan, President
guest invitee -
United Arab Emirates
Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
guest invitee -
Uruguay
Omar Paganini, Foreign Minister
guest invitee -
Vatican City
Pietro Parolin, Cardinal Secretary of State
guest invitee -
Vietnam
Phạm Minh Chính, Prime Minister
guest invitee
Participating in international organization guests
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African Development Bank
Akinwumi Adesina, President -
CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
Sergio Díaz-Granados Guida, President -
Financial Stability Board
Klaas Knot, Chair -
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Qu Dongyu, Director-General -
Inter-American Development Bank
Ilan Goldfajn, President -
International Labour Organization
Gilbert Houngbo, Director-General -
International Monetary Fund
Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director -
Arab League
Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General -
New Development Bank
Dilma Rousseff, President -
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General -
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Audrey Azoulay, Director-General -
United Nations
António Guterres, Secretary-General -
World Bank
Ajay Banga, President -
World Health Organization
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General -
World Trade Organization
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General
| 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit 19th G20 Summit |
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| Host country | Brazil |
| Motto | Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet (Portuguese: Construindo um Mundo Justo e um Planeta Sustentável) |
| Venue(s) | Museum of Modern Art |
| Cities | Rio de Janeiro |
| Participants | G20 members, invitee countries by the Brazilian Government |
| Chair | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil |
| Website | www |
Notes
- ^ The president of China is legally a ceremonial office, but the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (de facto leader in one-party communist state) has always held this office since 1993 except for the months of transition, and the current general secretary is Xi Jinping, who is also the Chinese president.
- ^ Absent from the 2023 summit in India, the paramount leader of China, Xi Jinping, is expected to be present at the Rio summit, as part of a state visit to Brazil, celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and following Lula’s visit to Beijing in 2023.
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