New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give a special 'State of the World' address via video conference at the World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda on Monday, according to his office.
According to PTI, from January 17 to 21, several heads of state will talk, including Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, European Commission President Ursua von der Leyen, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The Prime Minister's Office announced in a statement that Prime Minister Modi would deliver the 'State of the World' special speech at the World Economic Forum's Davos Agenda on January 17, 2022, at 8:30 pm through video conferencing.
Furthermore, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change John F Kerry, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, and World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala are expected to attend.
According to the WEF, a Geneva-based international organisation for public-private collaboration, drastically divergent pandemic experiences have worsened global differences, while vaccine disparities, paired with new strains, have also hindered worldwide economic recovery.
However, Covid-19 is only one of the important global crises that will become unmanageable unless world leaders emphasise proactive collaboration; hence, the Davos Agenda will focus on promoting joint action among key global stakeholders, World Economic Forum noted.
Talking about The Davos Agenda, Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, said: “Everyone hopes that in 2022 the COVID-19 pandemic, and the crises that accompanied it, will finally begin to recede. But major global challenges await us, from climate change to rebuilding trust and social cohesion. To address them, leaders will need to adopt new models, look long term, renew cooperation and act systemically. The Davos Agenda 2022 is the starting point for the dialogue needed for global cooperation in 2022.”