[governance] India, Brazil and South Africa Summit - references to IG at the political declaration

[Everton Lucero]

FYI, this is an excerpt of the political declaration adopted by the
4th Summit of Heads of State/Government of India, Brazil and South
Africa (IBSA), held in Brasília, on April 15th 2010. I included only
the first portion on political issues. Please note paragraphs 15 and
16 on Internet Governance. There are also some important references to
IPR (paras. 12-14), on the social dimensions of globalization (paras.
6 and 7) and on gender issues (para. 8).

>
> “_INDIA-BRAZIL-SOUTH AFRICA DIALOGUE FORUM FOURTH SUMMIT OF HEADS OF
> STATE/GOVERNMENT
> BRASÍLIA DECLARATION
>
> 15 APRIL 2010
>
> The Prime Minister of the Republic of India, H.E. Dr. Manmohan Singh,
> the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, H.E. Mr. Luiz
> Inácio Lula da Silva, and the President of the Republic of South
> Africa, H.E. Mr. Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (hereinafter referred to as
> “the Leaders”) met in Brasília, Brazil, on 15 April 2010 for the 4th
> Summit of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum.
>
> 2. The Leaders highlighted that the three countries’ commitment to
> democratic values, inclusive social development and multilateralism
> constitutes the basis for their growing cooperation and close
> coordination on global issues. They noted that a first round of IBSA
> Summits of Heads of State/Government (Brasilia, 2006; Tshwane, 2007;
> New Delhi, 2008) has strengthened
> the three countries resolve to continue to work for enhancing the role
> of developing countries, increasing the interchanges amongst
> themselves with the participation of their peoples, and for
> implementing concrete projects in partnership with other developing
> countries.
>
> 3. Recalling the Declarations and Communiqués issued during the
> previous Summits, they took the opportunity to deliberate on the
> topics hereunder.
>
> Global Governance
>
> 4. The Leaders reaffirmed their commitment to increase participation
> of developing countries in the decision-making bodies of multilateral
> institutions. They also reiterated the urgent need for the reform of
> the United Nations (UN) to render it more democratic
> and consistent with the priorities of developing countries. They
> particularly emphasized that no reform of the United Nations will be
> complete without a reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC), including
> an expansion in both permanent and nonpermanent
> categories of its membership, with increased participation of
> developing countries in both. Such reform is of the utmost importance
> for the UNSC to reflect geopolitical realities and to have the
> representativeness and legitimacy it needs to face contemporary
> challenges. They committed to keep close coordination amongst the
> three countries and the broader UN membership to achieve substantial
> progress in the intergovernmental negotiations on UNSC reform
> presently underway in New York. They recalled that an
> overwhelming majority of the UN member states agreed to proceed with a
> fifth round of intergovernmental negotiations based on a negotiating
> text.
>
> 5. The Leaders stressed the need to reform the Bretton Woods
> Institutions in order to increase their effectiveness and enhance
> their accountability, credibility and legitimacy. They stressed the
> importance of increasing the role of developing countries in these
> institutions.
>
> The social dimensions of globalization
>
> 6. The Leaders reaffirmed that people must come first in the
> formulation and implementation of public policies, allowing for fair,
> equitable and sustainable development. They considered this issue a
> relevant priority in the context of an increasingly globalized
> world, in which the economic and financial crisis, and the
> restructuring of the international financial architecture that ensued,
> directly affect the welfare of people, particularly of vulnerable
> groups. In this regard, they stressed the need to strengthen social
> policies and to fight hunger and poverty, especially in times of
> global economic crisis.
>
> 7. The Leaders also reiterated the need to promote a job-intensive
> recovery from the downturn and create a framework for sustainable
> growth. In this context, they underlined their support for the global
> jobs pact, adopted by the 98th session of the international labour
> conference, which, while demonstrating the linkages between social
> progress, economic development
> and recovery from the crisis, offers policy options adaptable to
> national needs and circumstances. The Leaders also reaffirmed that
> their actions in response to the crisis are guided by the
> International Labour Organization (ILO) decent work agenda and the
> 2008
> declaration on social justice for a fair globalization.
>
> Gender
>
> 8. The Leaders stressed the importance of empowering women, increasing
> their participation in economic activities and addressing the negative
> impact of the international financial crisis on their situation. They
> received with satisfaction a letter from the IBSA
> Women’s Forum and instructed all areas of government involved in IBSA
> cooperation to pay due attention to its recommendations. In addition,
> the Leaders reiterated their support for the full implementation of UN
> Resolution 1325 (2000). They also recalled the
> importance of formulating and implementing appropriate policies and
> programs in accordance with the Convention on the Elimination of all
> Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Beijing Platform
> of Action.
>
> Human Rights
>
> 9. The Leaders attached the highest priority to human rights issues
> and acknowledged the positive advance represented by the creation and
> functioning of the Human Rights Council. They noted the importance of
> their close collaboration therein. They expressed their hope that the
> 2011 review will result in a further strengthening of the Council.
>
> 10. They also emphasized the need to continue to strengthen
> international human rights law, norms and standards, particularly in
> the area of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
> intolerance, in accordance with the International Convention on the
> Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
>
> 11. The Leaders welcomed the adoption of an IBSA proposal in the Human
> Rights Council related to the importance of access to medicine
> (A/HRC/RES/12/24).
>
> Intellectual Property Rights
>
> 12. The Leaders recognized that innovation plays a central role in
> addressing the key global challenges of our times such as food
> security, poverty eradication, health, access to knowledge and climate
> change. They emphasized, in this context, the need for
> a balanced international intellectual property system capable of
> meeting those challenges on a truly global scale and reducing the
> technological gap. To that effect, they called for the full
> implementation of the Development Agenda of the World Intellectual
> Property Organization (WIPO).
>
> 13. They warned against attempts at developing new international rules
> on enforcement of intellectual property rights outside the appropriate
> fora of WTO and WIPO, that may give free rein to abuses in the
> protection of rights, the building of barriers against
> free trade and undermining fundamental civil rights.
>
> 14. They further expressed renewed concern about the continuous
> application of enforcement measures that allow seizures of generic
> medicines in transit to developing countries, in violation of World
> Trade Organization (WTO) rules and posing a serious threat to
> developing countries access to medicines.
>
> Internet Governance
>
> 15. The Leaders reaffirmed their commitment to working together
> towards a people-centered, inclusive and development-oriented
> Information Society and their agreement to continue to coordinate
> positions for the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS)
> folllow-up mechanisms, as well as in the other fora and organizations
> related to the Information Society and Information and Communication
> Technologies (ICTs).
>
> 16. The Leaders highlighted the importance of building a wide
> political concertation at international level for making the global
> internet governance regime as multilateral, democratic and transparent
> as provided by the WSIS. They recognized the advances reached by the
> multistakeholders participants in the international dialogue on
> internet governance in the last five years. They recalled, with
> satisfaction, the fruitful coordination amongst IBSA countries and the
> efforts of Brazil and India for hosting the second and third editions
> of the Internet Governance Forum, held in Rio 2007 and Hyderabad 2008,
> respectively.
>
> Climate Change
>  (...)"
>
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