2025 sees the UN celebrating its 80th anniversary. The UN was established to promote cooperation between the world’s nations to advance peace and cooperation. The UN80 initiative was launched in March 2025. It is part of a series of efforts that the UN has launched in recent years to adapt to the changing world and make multilateralism more responsive, resilient, and efficient.
The 2025 High-Level Week was a collective call for cooperation and change in the multilateral system. This was led by the theme of the General Debate for the year, and the growing scepticism for multilateralism in the recent years.
2025 saw Canada hosting the 51st G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta. A G7 was first held there in 2002. Following the recent wave of elections in 2024 and flowing into 2025, including a federal election in Canada, the G7 Summit was attended by new heads of states from Germany, Japan, the UK, the US, and the host nation itself.
2025 will see Canada hosting the 51st G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta. A G7 was first held there in 2002. Following the recent wave of elections in 2024 and flowing into 2025, the G7 Summit will be attended by new heads of states from Germany, Japan, the UK, the US, and the host nation itself.
G20 South Africa2025 will see the first G20 Summit in Africa, following Brazil’s handover of the Presidency to South Africa in November 2024. Under South Africa’s Presidency, the G20 will…
In January 2025, the BRICS presidency rotated to Brazil. Soon after, Brazil announced that nine countries would join the new ‘Partner’ category created during the bloc’s Kazan meeting. Partners are…
On October 23, 2024 the BRICS+ concluded its annual meeting by adopting the Kazan Declaration, a 43-page document written on the theme of “Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and…
One of the world’s largest economic blocs, BRICS+, gathered in the Russian city of Kazan from October 22nd to 24th. The meeting saw the group’s core membership —Brazil, Russia, India,…
On December 1, 2023, Brazil took over from India in the rotating Presidency of the G20. Brazil’s Presidency will see the G20 leaders convening in Rio de Janeiro in November…
The 2024 APEC Leaders’ and CEO Summit is building on many of the themes of the 2023 cycle with its emphasis on issues of inclusion and sustainability. For Peru, the host economy of this year’s APEC Summit, it will be overseeing the APEC cycle under the motto, “Empower, Include, Grow”. Peru’s focus is on the social dimension of growth and development that empowers the most vulnerable, harnesses digital opportunities, and gives impetus to economic growth.
