As the G20 Summit concludes, here is all you need to know about the Indian diplomats who drafted the historic New Delhi Declaration, adopted by prominent world leaders.
In a historic move at the G20 Summit in the national capital, the New Delhi Declaration, drafted by four Indian diplomats, received ‘100 percent consensus’ by the members of the international summit, with world leaders even agreeing on a unified stance on the Ukraine war.
The Delhi Declaration was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the first day of the G20 Summit, September 9, and was adopted by all the members of the ‘Group of 20’ countries by the evening, in an attempt to create an equitable and inclusive world.
The historic Delhi Declaration and all its terms and principles were drafted by four diplomats who are part of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), and the creation of the document took months of hard work and constant communication with the member countries.
Here is all you need to know about the diplomats who were behind the G20 Delhi Declaration –
Nagaraj Naidu Kakanur
A 1998 batch Indian foreign services officer, Naharaj Naidu Kakanur was the Joint Secretary of the G20 Summit in India. Fluent in Chinese and several other languages, Kakanur held the most crucial part in the Delhi Declaration, being the brains behind drafting the paragraphs on the Russia-Ukraine war.
Naidu also served as the Chef de Cabinet to the President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and was in charge of ties with major G7 countries.
Eenam Gambhir
Eenam Gambhir is a 2005 batch IFS officer and also the Joint Secretary of the G20 Summit. Eenam is an officer of the Indian government’s Ministry of External Affairs. Gambhir has also dealt with issues pertaining to relations with Pakistan, Afghanistan, and other countries over the past.
Ashish Sinha
Like Gambhir, Ashish Sinha is also from the 2005 batch of Indian Foreign Services and has been directly involved in drafting the Delhi Declaration. In Delhi, Sinha worked at the MEA as a desk officer for Pakistan and has been negotiating for India for the last seven years.
Abhay Thakur
Abhay Thakur is the Additional Secretary, the Sous-sherpa, No. 2 to India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant. He handled several countries as part of the Ministry of External Affairs, including Nepal and Bhutan, and acted as the envoy for Nigeria and Mauritius.
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