Statements & Speeches

G20 2025 Labour and Employment Ministerial Declaration – Western Cape, South Africa

The G20 2025 Labour and Employment Ministerial Declaration, themed 'Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability: Living and Working in an Unequal World: Ensuring Decent Work and Decent Lives.'
31 Jul 2025

Call to Action: Towards Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable Development Through Universal Social Protection Systems and Floors

"Social protection systems act as an economic multiplier and stabiliser at a household and broader level and are a means to advance gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls."
29 Jul 2025

Call to Action: Towards Voluntary and Non-Binding High-Level Principles for Combating Illicit Financial Flows

"Numerous challenges hinder progress towards sustainable and inclusive development and growth including limited and ineffective Domestic Resources Mobilisation, debt vulnerabilities, insufficient private sector investment, regulatory barriers and limited access to concessional finance including Official Development Assistance and other forms of development cooperation."
29 Jul 2025

Chair’s Statement: Emerging Principles on Fostering International Cooperation for the Protection and Delivery of Global Public Goods

"With only five years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, renewing national and global commitment to delivering on the SDGs is critical and urgent. This requires common, coordinated and immediate action."
29 Jul 2025

G20 Skukuza Development Ministerial Declaration

Mobilising adequate resources from all sources, public and private, domestic and international – including for social protection – to enable sustainable development, remains critical.
28 Jul 2025

Chair’s Report on the G20 Development Working Group Skukuza Ministerial Meeting

The DWG meeting convened ministers responsible for development as well as heads of international organisations for comprehensive deliberations on key global development issues.
28 Jul 2025

G20 Skukuza Development Ministerial Declaration – Mpumalanga, South Africa

G20 Ministers at Skukuza affirm commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
25 Jul 2025

Chair’s Report on the G20 Development Working Group – Mpumalanga, South Africa

The G20 Development Ministerial Meeting was held in Skukuza, Kruger National Park, gathering development Ministers and international organisation heads to discuss global development issues.
24 Jul 2025

Speaking Notes for CEO of DBSA Boitumelo Mosako at the Fourth G20 Development Working Group Meeting

Investing in Global Public Goods is not an act of charity, but a strategic investment in resilience, equity, and long-term global stability. It is a commitment to a future that is sustainable, inclusive, and secure for all.
21 Jul 2025

Opening Remarks by Minister in the Presidency Maropene Ramakgopa at the Fourth G20 Development Working Group Meeting

Our era is defined by shared risks – be they pandemics, climate volatility or technological disruption. Addressing these calls for a new era of cooperation. Global public goods must be treated as collective responsibilities, governed inclusively and supported equitably.
21 Jul 2025

Message of Support by DBSA CEO Boitumelo Mosako to the Fourth G20 Development Working Group Meeting

As development challenges are mounting – from high debt levels and climate change to geopolitical tensions and a lack of food, water and energy security – the DWG stands out as a critical platform for advancing a shared development agenda grounded in equity, resilience and sustainability.
20 Jul 2025

Finance Track Communiqué from the Third Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting

In light of high public debt and fiscal pressures, we recognise the need to raise long-term growth potential by pursuing growth-oriented macroeconomic policies, while building fiscal buffers, ensuring fiscal sustainability, encouraging public and private investments and undertaking productivity-enhancing reforms.
18 Jul 2025