G20 Summit: PM Hasina presents five-point recommendation for better world
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the world leaders to come up with utmost sincerity to ensure a dignified life and prosperous future for all.
"As equal members of the global family, we must, therefore, resolve to do our utmost for a dignified life and prosperous future for all," she said while addressing the "One Family" session at G20 Summit held at Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan in India.
The prime minister also placed five-point recommendations to the G20 leaders eyeing to make a better world in the coming days, defying all challenges with united efforts.
In her first recommendation, she said that implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development should remain at the top of all multilateral initiatives, including G20.
For countries in transition from LDCs to developing ones, G20 should support and facilitate the continuation of duty-free, quota-free market access and extension of unilateral tariff preferences and TRIPS waivers for a significant timeframe after the graduation - to ensure a smooth and sustainable transition, she said in her second recommendation.
The premier thirdly opined that G20 can stand by vulnerable economies keeping their markets open to ensure a smooth, timely, and predictable supply of essential goods and commodities, including agricultural products.
As the fourth recommendation, she said that women, half of the global population, should get equal attention, for building peaceful, just, and inclusive societies.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her final recommendation stressed strengthening South-South and triangular cooperation with support from partners, international financial institutions, private sectors, and other stakeholders for ensuring human development globally.
Taking the current global economy into account, it is high time to work collectively for a just and fair economic order, she said.
She added: "I believe that G20 would be supportive to the development process of developing countries."
The premier said Covid-19 pandemic, sanctions, and counter-sanctions have led to worldwide supply chain disruptions, and crises of food, fuel, and fertilizer. It imposed unbearable living conditions for people all over the world.
"Though we talk of one world, one family, are we doing anything to show it?" she said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina noted: "Instead, sadly the rich countries are reducing aid for the poor as in the case of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh."
Talking about Bangladesh, the prime minister said that in 2009, democracy and people's fundamental rights returned.
She added: "In the following 14 and a half years, Bangladesh witnessed phenomenal socio-economic transformations".
In this regard, the premier said that the government has been able to reduce poverty from 41.5% to 18.7%, extreme poverty to 5.6%, and the per capita income increased five-fold.
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