BRIC foreign ministers meet in New York

The special ministerial meeting reviewed the G77’s record and renewed its common development agenda during UNCTAD XI.

The golden jubilee summit adopted the New Asian–African Strategic Partnership, seeking closer political, economic and cultural cooperation.

G77 leaders met in Doha to strengthen collective action and cooperation among developing states.

The declaration reaffirmed solidarity and a stronger voice for developing countries in global economic governance.

The plan detailed steps to strengthen South–South cooperation after the summit’s declaration.

At their first separate ministerial meeting, the four governments called for multilateral decision making, international law and cooperation on development.

The four leaders met on the margins of the G8 summit in Japan, preparing the way for a stand-alone BRIC summit.

Meeting in São Paulo, the four finance ministers discussed the global crisis and called for reform of international financial governance.

The Horsham communiqué addressed fiscal and financial responses and the need for developing economies to be better represented in international institutions.

Brazil, Russia, India and China held their first formal leaders’ summit amid the financial crisis and called for a more representative world economic order.