G20 Summit Declaration stresses on multilateralism, adopted a day earlier

The G20 Summit adopted the Leaders' Declaration with an overwhelming majority, despite an US boycott, sending an important signal to the world that multilateralism can and does deliver.

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The announcement was made by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Summit which began early on Saturday with a war of words between Ramaphosa and US over President Donald Trump's boycott of the Summit.

Presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya said there was a slight change in the programme because normally the Declaration is adopted after the deliberations. But throughout the day on Friday there was a sense that the Summit leaders should actually have the Declaration adopted first as a first order of the day and then proceed with the rest of the day.