全球南方：治理与愿景

The World Governments Summit is a global platform dedicated toshaping the future of governments worldwide. Each year, the Summitsets the agenda for the next generation of governments with a focuson how they can harness innovation and technology to solve universalchallenges facing humanity.The World Governments Summit is a knowledge exchange center atthe intersection of government, futurism, technology, and innovation.It functions as a thought leadership platform and networking hub forpolicymakers, experts and pioneers in human development.The Summit is a gateway to the future as it functions as the stage foranalysis of future trends, concerns, and opportunities facing humanity.It is also an arena to showcase innovations, best practice, and smartsolutions to inspire creativity to tackle these future challenges.To Inspire and EnableThe Next Generationof Governments 03 Table of ContentsTopicsExecutive SummaryChapter 1: Defining the Global SouthUnderstanding the TermExamining Historical ContextFoundations of the Global SouthChapter 2: South-South Cooperation1. Economic2. Political3. Social4. SecurityChapter 3: Policy Priorities of the Global SouthMultilateral ReformClimate ActionArtificial IntelligenceGender EqualityChapter 4: Selected Cases in Global South GovernanceBRICSThe African UnionThe Voice of the Global South SummitPolicy Recommendations1. Build a Consensus between Global South Coalitions2. Introduce a Working Global South Governance Charter3. Design a Global South Plan of Action4. Institutionalize South-South Cooperation5. Encourage the Formation of a Global South Financial Body6. Amplify the Voice of the Global South Summit7. Propose a Global South Legal Body8. Integrate a Global South Climate Action Treaty 06080810121416161717181820222324242627282828282929293030 The Global South has been subject to differentperspectives and definitions in terms of itsrepresentative states’ geographical location,status of development, and perceivedcharacterization. The history of the Global Southdates to the League Against Imperialism andthe Non-Aligned Movement, which promptedthe grouping’s unification due to its nations’joint experiences of marginalization by theGlobal North. South-South cooperation emergeddue to the shortfall of traditional coordinationmodels’ ineffectiveness and challengesthroughout history. Actions taken includedcalls for the New International EconomicOrder and joint demands for reformation ofinternational organizations, social welfareinitiatives, and security efforts. Policypriorities among Global South nations includemultilateral reform, climate action, artificialintelligence, and gender equality. This accountsfor amendments to the United Nations SecurityCouncil, the International Monetary Fund, theoperationalization of the Loss and DamageFund, the integration of artificial intelligence fordevelopment and military security, and femaleempowerment policies. BRICS and the AfricanUnion have played important rolesin acting asExecutive Summary Global South coalitions, while the Voice of theGlobal South Summit has acted as a platformto unite the groupings’ initiatives and goals.Recent South-South Cooperation efforts, suchas the BRICS 2024 Kazan Declaration, AfricanUnion’s Agenda 2063, and the Voice of theGlobal South Summit’s priorities continueto shape how the grouping’s governancecan look like. This report provides policyrecommendations for strengthening the GlobalSouth’s international position by increasingcollaborative efforts amongst themselvesto better bridge the North-South divide. Chapter 1: Defining the Global SouthUnderstanding the TermThe phrase ‘Global South’ is one thathas been heavily debated, with variousdefinitions adopted in different contexts. Theterm is usually used in relation to the ‘GlobalNorth.’ Geographically, the Global South isunderstood to encompass nations in LatinAmerica, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa,while the Global North includes countries inNorth America, Europe, and Oceania.Historically, this division was set bythe Brandt Line, a conceptual boundaryseparating the Global North from theGlobal South, although its accuracy hasbeen questioned.1The Brandt Line wascurated by the International Commission onInternational Development Issues (ICIDI) ina report that distinguished the Global Northfrom the Global South, predicated on the viewof a prosperous North and an impoverishedSouth.2In this regard, states within theGlobal South comprise ‘developing’ nationsthat endure more economic, political, andsocial turmoil as opposed to the ‘developed’nations in the North.3The Line constitutesa fuzzy geographical division that situatednations within the southern hemisphere,like Australia, as part of the Global North.Notably, in an interview for this report, Dr.Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor ofPolitical Science at The Graduate School andUniversity Center of the City University ofNew York, argued that the term Global Southis now a “simplistic notion.” It incorrectlycharac