Voice of Global South Summit(VOGSS)

• The 2^nd Voice of Global South Summit was hosted by India.
• It focused on condemning the Hamas attacks of October 7 and called for restraint, dialogue, and diplomacy to resolve the Israel-Hamas conflict.
• PM of Indi unveiled DAKSHIN (Global South Centre of Excellence) and called for 5 ‘Cs’ for the Global South- Consultation, Cooperation, Communication, Creativity, and Capacity building.

ABOUT VOGSS

• The term ‘global South’ was first used by Carl Oglesky, a leftist American author and political activist in 1969.
• Through his famous 1980 report entitled ‘North-South: A Programme for Survival’, former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt invented the ‘Brandt Line’ that divided the world roughly at the latitude of 30 degrees North, placing North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia in the North and showing the southern part of the hemisphere as the South.
• Voice of Global South Summit is a platform where countries from the Global South, often described as developing or less developed, come together to share perspectives and priorities.
• The summit focuses on sustaining momentum toward a more inclusive, representative, and progressive world order.