Brazil Takes a Step Towards Global Alliance Against Hunger

The strength of the G20 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, should be the creation of a Global Alliance Against Hunger, which President Lula will not fail to promote at every international meeting. The first concrete steps should come in the next few days, with a meeting scheduled for July 24 in Rio that will be attended by Lula himself.

“This Alliance has the potential to accelerate our efforts and better align our support and commitment both domestically and internationally. We need to implement concrete policies that can make a difference in the lives of the most vulnerable people,” explained Wellington Dias, Brazil’s Minister of Social Development, Welfare, Family, and Fight against Hunger.

The idea of this Alliance was presented by Lula at the 2023 G20 summit in New Delhi and is being developed under the current Brazilian presidency of the group. It will be an alliance open to all countries that will coordinate policies and actions to fight hunger and poverty.

At a ministerial meeting on July 24, G20 ministers will review and adopt the texts proposed so far, and thus the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty will be fully defined and open for membership. The Global Alliance is scheduled to be officially launched in November in Rio de Janeiro during the G20 Leaders’ Summit.

“This is the beginning,” explained Ambassador Mauricio Carvalho Lyrio, according to a report by Italian news agency ANSA. “Then we will have time until November for countries to join, which happens through the submission of a separate document.” Anyone who joins by November will be considered a founding member. In any case, the initiative is open not only to G20 members, but to any country that wants to participate and be part of the proposed partnership.