GOA (Sputnik) — BRICS leaders adopted on Sunday the Goa Declaration at eight BRICS Summit and an action plan on its implementation.
The BRICS leaders have reiterated in their joint declaration the need to fully implement UN Security Council resolutions 2254 and 2268 on Syria and called for an inclusive Syrian-led political process while continuing the fighting against terrorists.
"On Syria, we call upon all parties involved to work for a comprehensive and peaceful resolution of the conflict taking into account the legitimate aspirations of the people of Syria, through inclusive national dialogue and a Syrian-led political process based on Geneva Communiqué of 30 June 2012 and in pursuance of the UN Security Council Resolution 2254 and 2268 for their full implementation," a joint declaration of the BRICS leaders stated.
All five BRICS leaders emphasized the importance of predictability in the development of civil nuclear capabilities and accessing technology and finance for these aims in their final declaration on the results of BRICS summit in Goa.
"We underline the importance of predictability in accessing technology and finance for expansion of civil nuclear energy capacity which would contribute to the sustainable development of BRICS countries," the Goa declaration issued Sunday reads.
RICS leaders welcomed the adoption of Paris Climate Agreement and called on the developed nations to fulfil their obligations to assist the developing states with a view to stop global warming.
"We welcome the Paris Agreement and its imminent entry into force on 4 November 2016.We call on the developed countries to fulfil their responsibility towards providing the necessary financial resources, technology and capacity building assistance to support the developing countries with respect to both mitigation and adaptation for the implementation of the Paris Agreement," the Goa declaration issued Sunday reads.
The Paris deal of December 2015 is intended to limit global average temperatures to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and reduce countries’ emissions of pollutants that contribute to planetary warming. The agreement, part of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, is designed to take effect one month after being ratified by 55 signatories representing 55 percent of worldwide greenhouse-gas emissions.
The BRICS leaders condemned unilateral military interventions and economic sanctions, which violate the international law.
"We condemn unilateral military interventions and economic sanctions in violation of international law and universally recognized norms of international relations," a joint declaration of the BRICS leaders said.
BRICS leaders insist on the necessity to review the International Monetary Fund quotas in order to increase the representation of emerging economies in the institution, and hope there will be no more delays in it, the final declaration of the BRICS Goa summit reads.
On October 8, the IMF announced it postpones the timetable for completing the review until 2019, which must have disappointed BRICS members, who sought to review the quotas for years.
"We remain strongly committed to support the coordinated effort by the emerging economies to ensure that the Fifteenth General Review of Quotas, including the new quota formula, will be finalised within the agreed timelines so as to ensure that the increased voice of the dynamic emerging and developing economies reflects their relative contributions to the world economy," the Goa declaration reads.
The leaders also called on the developed European nations to cede two chairs in the IMF governing body.
"We call for the advanced European economies to meet their commitment to cede two chairs on the Executive Board of the IMF. The reform of the IMF should strengthen the voice and representation of the poorest members of the IMF, including Sub-Saharan Africa," the declaration continued.
All five leaders of the BRICS countries emphasized the priority of the WTO format in global trade relations and noted that bilateral and regional trade deals must be only complimentary to it.
"We reiterate our support for the multilateral trading system and the centrality of the WTO as the cornerstone of a rule based, open, transparent, non-discriminatory and inclusive multilateral trading system with development at the core of its agenda," the Goa declaration reads.
Bilateral and regional deals that exclude BRICS nations and thus can be considered of discriminatory nature include the US-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) trade agreements.
"We note the increasing number of bilateral, regional, and plurilateral trade agreements, and reiterate that these should be complementary to the multilateral trading system and encourage the parties thereon to align their work in consolidating the multilateral trading system under the WTO in accordance with the principles of transparency, inclusiveness, and compatibility with the WTO rules," the Goa declaration stressed.
"We reaffirm the need for a comprehensive reform of the UN, including its Security Council, with a view to making it more representative, effective and efficient, and to increase the representation of the developing countries so that it can adequately respond to global challenges," the declaration reads.
According to the document, Russia and China consider that such states as Brazil, India and South Africa should "play a greater role in the UN" as they have an important status on the international arena.
All five BRICS leaders reiterated in their joint declaration on Sunday the need to implement a two-state solution for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as foreseen in relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
"We reiterate also the necessity to implement the two-state solution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the basis of the relevant UNSC resolutions, the Madrid Principles and Arab Peace Initiative, and previous agreements between the two sides, through negotiations aimed at creating an independent, viable, territorially contiguous Palestinian State living side-by-side in peace with Israel, within secure, mutually agreed and internationally recognized borders on the basis of 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital, as envisaged in the relevant UN Resolutions," the joint declaration of the BRICS leaders said.
BRICS is an association of five developing economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which is aimed at enhancing cooperation in multiple spheres between the member states.
The eighth annual BRICS event is taking place this weekend in India’s Goa and is attended by all five leaders, who were set to discuss a plan for cooperation in the near future as well as a wide range of political, economic and security issues.
