Statements & Speeches

C20 Statement to the G20 Sherpas Midterm Meeting

A low growth path restricts many regions and needs bold reforms to boost economic growth. Developing economies should have space for debt relief and cancellation.
18 Sep 2025

3rd G20 Research and Innovation Working Group and Ministerial Meeting – Pretoria, South Africa

The administrative Note offers delegates key details before the 3rd G20 Research and Innovation Working Group and Ministerial meeting at the CSIR ICC in Pretoria, Africa’s largest public research and technology organisation.
14 Sep 2025

Tourism Ministers Mpumalanga Declaration- Skukuza, South Africa

The Ministers of Tourism and G20 representatives in Mpumalanga endorsed South Africa’s G20 Tourism Working Group's four priority areas: Digital Innovation, Tourism Financing and Investment, Air Connectivity, and Enhanced Resilience. These aim to develop a sustainable, inclusive, and resilient tourism sector.
12 Sep 2025

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s launch of the G20 Experts Taskforce, South Africa

His Excellency, President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, launched the G20 “Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts”, chaired by Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz.
28 Aug 2025

Conclusion of the 4th G20 EWG & LEMM – Western Cape, South Africa

Conclusions of the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting (LEMM), with all G20 members congratulating South Africa on hosting a well-organised and impactful meeting.
6 Aug 2025

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

G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Fancourt Declaration- Western Cape, South Africa

The G20 Labour Ministers highlighted building resilient economies via a fair, sustainable workforce. They focused on reducing inequalities, ensuring decent work, and backing policies for a future-ready workforce, guided by South Africa’s G20 themes and the ILO’s Constitution.
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

Remarks by the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Mr Gwede Mantashe, at the G20 Critical Minerals Stakeholder Engagement- Johannesburg, South Africa

Minister Mantashe states mining evolved from gold to support modern industry and digital tech, relying on diverse critical minerals.
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