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Guterres to Back BRICS Role in Changing World Order
Antonio Guterres, the head of the United Nations, will attend a BRICS meeting in New Delhi.
BRICS is a group of countries that says it represents an important part of the changing world.
Guterres is expected to say that the world is very different from 1945, when many major institutions were created.
He may argue that having several centers of power can make global systems more balanced.
He is also expected to support changing institutions such as the Security Council and the Bretton Woods financial system.
Narendra Modi is hosting the summit with a focus on resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability.
Guterres plans to meet Modi and other leaders, including Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
The visit may be one of his last chances to meet some of these leaders before his term ends in December.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to support BRICS as a reflection of today’s changing global realities.
Guterres will attend the BRICS summit in New Delhi and speak on inclusive global growth.
He is expected to call for reforms to multilateral institutions, including the Bretton Woods system and the UN Security Council.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hosting the ten-member summit under the theme of resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability.
Guterres is expected to hold bilateral meetings with Modi and other leaders, including Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
- Who
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Narendra Modi, and other BRICS leaders, including Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
- What
- Guterres is expected to support BRICS’s role in representing changing global realities and advocate reforms to multilateral institutions.
- Where
- The BRICS summit will take place in New Delhi, India.
- When
- Guterres is expected to speak at the summit on Sunday; his term as UN leader ends in December.
- Why
- Guterres is expected to argue that global economic, demographic and geopolitical systems should reflect today’s multipolar world rather than the framework established in 1945.
Key facts
- Event
- BRICS summit in New Delhi
- Speaker
- Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General
- Summit theme
- Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability
- Expected message
- Multipolarity can help bring balance to global systems and institutions
- Proposed reforms
- Reforming multilateral institutions, including the Bretton Woods system and the Security Council
- Expected bilateral meetings
- Narendra Modi and other leaders
- Attending leaders mentioned
- Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and leaders of Iran and the United Arab Emirates
Quotes
Antonio Guterres
United Nations Secretary-General whose expected BRICS summit speech is described by his spokesperson
“But this requires forming multilateral institutions, reforming multilateral institutions, including the Bretton Woods system, the Security Council, among others, to reflect today's realities”
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