India pushed for urgent UNSC reform, called for united action for global peace and prosperity and also highlighted IBSA’s possible role in shaping safe, trustworthy, and human-centric AI norms.
Key Proposals of India at Meeting
- Institutionalizing Dialogue: Proposed institutionalizing the National Security Advisers-level dialogue between the three countries to enhance cooperation on security issues.
- IBSA Digital Innovation Alliance: For sharing Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) among three nations such as UPI, CoWIN-type health platform, Cybersecurity frameworks and Women-led tech initiatives.
- Climate Resilience Fund: Proposed establishing an IBSA Fund for Climate Resilient Agriculture.
About IBSA Forum
- Founded: In 2003 via the Brasilia Declaration and named as IBSA Dialogue Forum.
- Members: India, Brazil, South Africa; three major Global South democracies across three continents.
- Objectives: To contribute to the construction of a new international architecture and bring their voice together on global issues.
- Cooperation in IBSA is on three fronts:
- Forum for consultation and coordination on global and regional political issues;
- Trilateral collaboration on concrete areas/projects, through working groups and People-to-People Forums; and
- Assisting other developing countries by taking up projects in the latter through IBSA Fund.
- Key Initiatives:
- IBSA Trust Fund (Operationalised in 2004): It has allocated funds for Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
- The United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) is the Fund Manager and secretariat of the IBSA Fund.
- IBSAMAR: a joint multinational maritime exercise among Indian, Brazilian, and South African Navy.
- IBSA Trust Fund (Operationalised in 2004): It has allocated funds for Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
