Statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Brazil of the United Nations, Ambassador Sérgio França Danese, on the occasion of the UN South-South Cooperation Day - September 12th, 2024

Excellencies, dear colleagues,

I thank the organizers of this timely event and the panelists for their insightful views. This is a great opportunity to share some ideas about the vision and the experience that Brazil has in the area of international cooperation directed to fellow developing countries both in our region and in the Global South in general.

For Brazil, South-South Cooperation has been a fundamental driver of its own sustainable development in all its dimensions over the past decades.

It has strengthened our national institutions and fostered innovative partnerships, creating a global network that reflects Brazil’s commitment to international solidarity, to the reduction of inequalities and to the sharing of valuable experiences amongst developoing countries.

Brazil’s South-South Cooperation is founded on dialogue, shared governance, and principles such as horizontality, solidarity, and non-conditionality. This approach has yielded tangible results for our partners, promoting local ownership and enhancing capacities on the ground.

Through the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) and in instances like the IBSA Fund, as mentioned by our Indian colleague, Brazil has actively participated in projects to support the sustainable and inclusive development of other developing countries, focusing on eradicating hunger and poverty, economic development, and technological advancement, particularly in the broad area of agriculture and family agriculture, areas where Brazil excels.

In addition to bilateral cooperation, Brazil has pioneered South-South trilateral cooperation, working with international organizations such as the Rome-based UN agencies - FAO, IFAD, and the World Food Program - share with other developing countries successful Brazilian policies and practices in food security, poverty reduction, and addressing vulnerabilities.

Brazil has also actively engaged in and strengthened partnerships on South-South Cooperation with regional organizations formed by developing countries, such as the African Union, CARICOM, and ASEAN.

Additionally, Brazil is contributing to the development of a voluntary framework for quantifying South-South Cooperation, including both financial and non-financial modalities. We are also collaborating with the UN Office for South-South Cooperation and Japan to build institutional capacity for South-South cooperation in over 40 developing countries.

In line with these efforts, Brazil is launching, within the G20, the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, a priority initiative that will be open to all UN members. It is designed to disseminate innovative solutions from the Global South in collaboration with institutional and financial partners. This platform will foster partnerships to accelerate progress on SDGs 1 and 2, aimed at ending poverty and hunger.

As chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, we are promoting the idea that the PBC becomes a stronger promoter of South-South and trilateral cooperation to help countries that seek the Commission to advance their peacebuilding or conflict prevention strategies. South-South cooperation and triangular cooperation can play a strong role in advancing projects that will help PBC countries in all pillars of peace and real progress: sustainable development, food security, human rights in all their dimensions, institutional strength, access to Justice and public security.

We look forward to continuing our collaborative efforts in the spirit of solidarity and partnership to further leverage South-South cooperation towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and advancing peace in the whole developing world.

Thank you.