The C20 Summit was held on October 5th, 6th and 7th with 25 virtual events promoted by the international civil society.
During 2021, the C20 has continued its commitment, renewing the calls of the international civil society and fostering the dialogue with the G20. We do this to contribute to building a better world. The world we want to build is comprised of sharing our values, skills and vulnerabilities. It is not a world built only on the strength of the “strong” who are then able to include the “weak” or less fortunate, economically or otherwise Instead, the world we want is built on a foundation of humanizing and beneficial relationships that share beauty, vulnerability, and skills, founding our societies on the framework of human rights, linking all us in a bond of co-responsibility that at the same time shows and protects the dignity of all human beings.1 The disparities between what we want to build and what is here today is acutely evident in our times; the COVID pandemic has magnified and exacerbated the vulnerability of all, sparing no jurisdiction nor person. In doing so, the pandemic also showed us that it can be overcome only by sharing knowledge, resources and initiatives. The pandemic revealed a world that was unseen before, where there are no differences between developed and developing countries; a world where we all are developing countries towards justice and dignity, towards a sustainable development based on the respect of human rights, of gender equality and the struggle against all discriminations. Guided by this perspective, as an Engagement Group, we insisted on the role the G20 should play at the service of, and not in competition with, the multilateral system, particularly in these years affected by a pandemic that involves all persons and countries of the world. We asked the G20 to be “stronger in fostering UN frameworks and goals, faster in sharing its financial power, clearer in promoting human rights at home and in the international arena and accountable on its commitments.”