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.