Kazan Declaration
The BRICS Summit in Kazan on October 24 adopted the Kazan Declaration,
a comprehensive document that reflects the collective vision and goals
of the BRICS nations -- Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the declaration has
been approved
by all member nations and will be distributed to the United Nations as
a key expression of global multilateralism
The declaration is comprised of 134 points, divided into several sections. Its thrust is notably different to declarations from blocs such as the G7, EU and NATO that are dominated by the U.S. and European powers, that seek to dictate to other countries, especially to admonish and isolate those countries that will not submit to foreign dictate.
The introductory section (points 1-5) states:
1. We, the Leaders of BRICS countries, met in Kazan, Russian Federation, from 22 to 24 October 2024 for the XVI BRICS Summit held under the theme: "Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security."
2. We reiterate the importance of further enhancing BRICS solidarity and cooperation based on our mutual interests and key priorities and further strengthening our strategic partnership.
3. We reaffirm our commitment to the BRICS spirit of mutual respect and understanding, sovereign equality, solidarity, democracy, openness, inclusiveness, collaboration and consensus. As we build upon 16 years of BRICS Summits, we further commit ourselves to strengthening cooperation in the expanded BRICS under the three pillars of political and security, economic and financial, cultural and people-to-people cooperation and to enhancing our strategic partnership for the benefit of our people through the promotion of peace, a more representative, fairer international order, a reinvigorated and reformed multilateral system, sustainable development and inclusive growth.
4. We commend the Russian BRICS Chairship for hosting an "outreach"/"BRICS Plus" Dialogue with participation of EMDCs [emerging markets and developing countries] from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and Middle East under the motto: "BRICS and Global South: Building a Better World Together" in Kazan on 24 October 2024.
5. We welcome the considerable interest by countries of the Global South in BRICS and we endorse the Modalities of BRICS Partner Country Category. We strongly believe that extending the BRICS partnership with EMDCs will further contribute to strengthening the spirit of solidarity and true international cooperation for the benefit of all. We commit to further promoting BRICS institutional development.
The second section is titled, "Strengthening Multilateralism for
a More Just
and Democratic World Order" and contains points 6-23. The next
section
titled, "Enhancing Cooperation for Global and Regional
Stability and Security" contains points 24-56 and addresses
matters such as the
U.S./Israeli genocide in Gaza and attacks on Lebanon, as well as
the
U.S./NATO proxy war in Ukraine. The section titled, "Fostering
Economic and Financial Cooperation for Just Global Development"
contains points 57-118 which deal with economic and financial
matters of common concern.
The last section is titled, "Strengthening People-to-People Exchanges for Social and Economic Development" and contains points 119-134. It addresses the importance of exchange between the peoples of the BRICS countries to enhance "mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation" in the fields of "education, science, culture, communication and information in view of the complexity of contemporary challenges and transformations and in this regard note the relevance of the principles set forth in the UNESCO Constitution and its mandate to foster cooperation and peace through international collaboration that should be based on equality, dialogue, mandated programmatic activities and the spirit of consensus."
The declaration concludes by saying, "We extend full support to Brazil for its BRICS Chairship in 2025 and the holding of the XVII BRICS Summit in Brazil."
For the full text of the declaration, click here.
This article was published in
October 25, 2024
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