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BRICS leaders
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Organization Timeline
South Africa joins its first BRICS leaders’ summit
📅 14 April 2011The Sanya summit formally welcomed South Africa in the leaders’ forum and stressed solidarity, development and broader dialogue with emerging and developing countries.
Sanya Declaration calls for reform of the UN and global finance
📅 14 April 2011BRICS leaders asked for more representative international institutions, including the UN Security Council, and stronger developing-country voices in economic governance.
Fourth BRICS summit adopts Delhi Declaration
📅 29 March 2012The New Delhi summit linked global stability and development, called for more representative governance and addressed trade, health and sustainable development.
Leaders ask finance ministers to examine a development bank
📅 29 March 2012The Delhi Declaration directed finance ministers to study the feasibility of a new development bank for infrastructure and sustainable development in BRICS and other developing countries.
Fifth BRICS summit meets in Durban
📅 27 March 2013The first summit held in Africa focused on partnership for development, integration and industrialization and completed the first cycle of five host countries.
eThekwini Declaration lays out BRICS and Africa agenda
📅 27 March 2013Leaders pledged support for African infrastructure and integration alongside international institutional reform.
BRICS leaders agree to establish a development bank
📅 27 March 2013The Durban statement moved from a feasibility study to an agreed plan for a bank supporting infrastructure and sustainable development; the founding agreement followed in 2014.
BRICS leaders pursue a contingent reserve arrangement
📅 27 March 2013The five governments advanced work on a mutual financial safety net for short-term liquidity pressures; a treaty was signed the following year.
BRICS leaders meet African counterparts in Durban
📅 27 March 2013The BRICS–Africa Dialogue Forum discussed infrastructure and regional integration, widening engagement beyond the group’s five members.
Sixth BRICS summit adopts Fortaleza Declaration
📅 15 July 2014The leaders emphasized inclusive growth, multilateralism and outreach to other developing countries while approving new financial institutions.