LIVE UPDATES: Day 1 of G20 Summit in New Delhi

The G20 leaders called in the New Delhi Summit Declaration on Saturday for ensuring equitable access to safe and effective vaccines and medicines around the world, especially in low- and middle-income countries, and noted the need to increase the stability of health systems.

The summit participants also stressed the need to focus on improving health systems, strengthening their resilience and continuing efforts to end ongoing epidemics, including AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, hepatitis and water-borne and other communicable diseases. The declaration also noted the importance of studying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition, the G20 called for increased international cooperation to combat drug proliferation, with a focus on data sharing and creation of opportunities for disrupting production and proliferation of illicit drugs, including synthetic drugs, the declaration read.

The G20 Summit Declaration demonstrates the group's balanced position on the Ukraine conflict and its intention to settle all conflicts around the world, Russian G20 Sherpa Svetlana Lukash said on Saturday.

"As for the Ukrainian case, I can say that the negotiations were very complex and, above all, the collective position of the BRICS countries and other partners has borne fruit ... What we have been hearing all year, that the Ukrainian conflict is worsening the food security situation, is now reflected in a balanced way," Lukash told journalists.

Half of the group's members refused to accept Western narratives, she said, adding that a "consensus language" had been used in the declaration.

The G20 leaders adopted the New Delhi Summit Declaration on Saturday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.

US President Joe Biden will talk about the conflict in Ukraine and its impact on other countries at the upcoming first session of the G20 summit in India, Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer said at a briefing.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed the first session of the G20 Summit in New Delhi using a country nameplate that reads Bharat, the official Hindu name for the country, instead of India.

Murmu's decision to use the country's name in Hindi and the possibility of its renaming have angered opposition parties, many of which joined a newly formed I.N.D.I.A. bloc (Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance) to contest the 2024 elections.

At the same time, Modi held a cabinet meeting this week to discuss preparations for the G20 Summit and instructed his ministers to refrain from debating a possible renaming of India to Bharat, people familiar with the matter told Indian newspaper Hindustan Times.