At UNGA week, India signals realignment with the Global South

The multilateral meetings included the BRICS, IBSA (India-Brazil- South Africa), India-CELAC (South American countries), India-SICA (Central American Integration System), FIPIC (with Pacific Island countries), the L-69 (developing countries from the Global South) and C-10 (African Union representatives) and the “High-Level Like-Minded countries of the Global South”. Pharma tariffsSome of the focus on the Global South may have come, suggested analysts, from disappointment with the U.S.’s actions this week. In contrast, Mr. Jaishankar met only counterparts from Sri Lanka and Maldives during the week, even as India and Pakistan sparred at the General Debate. The statements are much tougher than previous statements that India has agreed to being a part of, indicating a greater alignment with Global South priorities on the issue. “The resource-stressed ones scrambled to survive, only to hear sanctimonious lectures thereafter,” he said, in a sharp dig at global superpowers for not doing more for the Global South.