United Nations General Assembly President Dennis Francis on Sunday shared his delight to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at a special event "to showcase the success story of India-UN cooperation with the Global South."
The initiative was announced at an event titled “India-UN for the Global South-Delivering for Development” in New York on 23 September 2023 in the presence of the External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar.
The Saint Lucia Minister praised India’s global contribution during the Covid pandemic, which ranged from fastracking funds to support the frontline workers as well as carrying out a public assistance program.
“India's presidency under the sterling leadership of Narendra Modi will, without doubt, go down in history as one which has lived up to its call for a sustainable and human-centred development at a time of mounting divergences within the international community,” the Mauritian
Terming the India-UN Development Partner Fund as the blueprint of South-South cooperation the Maldives leader affirmed the high hopes for India chairing the 62nd session of the UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD).
United Nations Resident Coordinator in India, Shombi Sharp, while lauding India’s G20 presidency and its New Delhi Declaration which emphasised achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said “I’d like to call it an SDG20 Presidency”.
While addressing the India-UN for Global South: Delivering for Development event in New York, Samoa PM said, "I am happy to provide a brief overview of how India's development assistance has facilitated Samoa's development journey."
In an interview with ANI, Sharp said, "We also were very pleased on behalf of the United Nations in India, to launch or to have an exchange of Letter of Intent with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a brand new partnership to help amplify Indian South South Cooperation.
Kamboj recalled that India during the COVID-19 pandemic extended a helping hand by providing made-in-India vaccines to nearly 100 countries and supplying medicines to 150 nations.
While addressing the India-UN for Global South: Delivering for Development in New York, Tandi Dorji said that G20 Summit marked a significant milestone with inclusion of African Union as the permanent member.