Archive · 12 Sep 2026
Modi Urges BRICS to Empower Global South in World Decisions
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at the BRICS summit.
He said developing countries should have more influence in important world decisions.
Modi described the current system as a pyramid.
In his view, powerful countries are at the top and make most decisions.
Countries at the bottom are affected by those decisions but have less power.
He said this “pyramid of privilege” should become a partnership platform.
Modi wants the Global South to help make global rules instead of only following them.
He also said BRICS is growing and working through agreement among its members.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for developing countries to gain a greater role in global decision-making.
Modi said the Global South should move from being a “rule-taker” to a “rule-shaper.”
He compared the current global decision-making system to a “pyramid” of privilege.
Modi urged transforming that pyramid into a “platform of partnership.”
He said BRICS is “coming of age” and advancing through consensus.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with other BRICS leaders including Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
- What
- Modi called for a greater role for developing countries in global decision-making and for the Global South to become a “rule-shaper.”
- When
- Saturday, during the 18th BRICS Summit.
- Where
- At the BRICS summit; the article does not specify the location.
- Why
- To make global decision-making more inclusive and replace what Modi called a “pyramid of privilege” with a “platform of partnership.”
- Speaker
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
- Event
- 18th BRICS Summit
- Main proposal
- Give developing countries a greater role in global decision-making
- Global South’s proposed role
- Move from “rule-taker” to “rule-shaper”
- Current system described as
- A “pyramid” in which powerful countries make decisions
- Proposed alternative
- A “platform of partnership”
- BRICS approach
- Advancing through consensus