Category: South-South Cooperation

By Adriano José Timossi *

GENEVA (IDN | SOUTHNEWS) – A Dialogue on South-South Cooperation in the context of the Right to Development discourse and the launch of a new book India’s Approach to Development Cooperation were held on the side-lines of the 32nd Session of the Human Rights Council at the UN in Geneva on June 27, 2016 on the occasion of the commemorations of the 30th Anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development.

Adopted thirty years ago, on December 4, 1986, the Declaration on the Right to Development recognized development as a comprehensive economic, social, cultural and political process aimed at the constant improvement of the well-being of all individuals and peoples, on the basis of their participation in development and in the fair distribution of its benefits. The declaration calls upon states to implement effective development cooperation and for the removal of barriers to development at national and international levels.

Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), hosted a Conference on South-South Cooperation in New Delhi on March 10-11, 2016. About 350 delegates representing 62 countries participated in the conference, which demonstrated both the maturity of South-South Cooperation and the creative challenges that lie ahead.

By Rajni Bakshi

NEW DELHI (INPS | Gateway House) – The Conference on South-South Cooperation, held at Habitat Centre in New Delhi, was designed specifically as a platform for developing countries to collectively review the new landscape for South-South Cooperation (SSC), on their own terms, in the context of three major multi-lateral events of 2015: the United Nations’ Finance for Development conference, the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Climate Change Summit in Paris.