Revisiting South-South cooperation

Published: 16 September 2024

Author: Dr. Ioan Voicu

One of the major topics on the agenda of the 79th session of th United Nations General Assembly which started on 10 September 2024 is the State of South-South cooperation to be considered on the basis of a report submitted by the UN Secretary-General. This is a document of 18 pages covering 75 substantive paragraphs which highlights notable developments in which South-South and triangular cooperation played a key role in 2023.

While trying to define the global context of the presentation, the report refers to the collective efforts to take collaborative measures to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic while building resilience in the face of climate change and other development challenges.

But there is also an initial indispensable warning: the need for a rescue plan for people and planet, as only 15 per cent of the Sustainable Development Goal targets are on track to be met by 2030. Under current trends, 575 million people will still be living in extreme poverty in 2030.

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The author, Dr. Ioan Voicu is also Honorary Member of the Romanian Institute for Europe-Asia Studies – IRSEA.

This article was published by IRSEA with the author’s consent.

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