First G20 Sherpa meeting under India's presidency to be held in Udaipur
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03 December, 2022 12:27 pm IST
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Udaipur city will host the first G-20 Sherpa Meeting from 4 to 7 December 2022. The meeting will be presided over by the Indian Sherpa Amitabh Kant.
The Sherpa are the personal emissaries of the leaders of the members of the G-20 group. They oversee negotiations over the year, discussing agenda items for the Summit and coordinating the substantive work of the G20.
The Ministry of External Affairs reviewed the arrangements related to the event in Udaipur recently. The G-20 Sherpa meeting will also help in projecting Udaipur as an international tourist destination.
Various departments are at work to ensure that lakes are cleaned and heritage sites decked up with lights. Shikha Saxena, deputy director of Regional Tourism Office, Udaipur, said, "The delegates will get a feel of the Indian culture with the special touch of Rajasthan. The entire city is being decorated and beautified."
The three-day meeting will have sessions on various topics like accelerated, inclusive and resilient growth; multilateralism; food, fuel and fertiliser; and women-led development. After the sessions, the delegates will visit the shilp gram at the West Zone Cultural Centre and enjoy cultural performances at Manek Chowk in the City Palace complex.
India formally assumed the presidency of the G-20 on the 1st of this month. India as a host nation will set the agenda of the G-20 summit meeting to be held in September 2023 in New Delhi. Group of 20 or G-20, a multilateral organization of 19 countries, and the European Union was set up in 1999. India has been a member of the G20 since its inception.
The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum of the world's major developed and developing economies. It comprises Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, the US, and the European Union (EU).
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