{"id":111959,"date":"2026-07-08T12:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T06:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=111959"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T06:35:26","slug":"guwahati-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/guwahati-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Guwahati Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Guwahati Declaration Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BRICS nations recently adopted the Guwahati Declaration, reaffirming their commitment to strengthen cooperation to prevent and combat illicit drug trafficking and related organised transnational crime. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Guwahati Declaration<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was adopted by the <\/span><b>BRICS nations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to strengthen cooperation <\/span><b>against illicit drug trafficking<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>related transnational organized crime.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The declaration was adopted at the conclusion of the two-day <\/span><b>BRICS Heads of Anti-Drug Agencies Meeting <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held in <\/span><b>Guwahati, Assam.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was held under<\/span><b> India&#8217;s 2026 BRICS chairship, themed &#8220;Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability,&#8221;.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The meeting brought together <\/span><b>representatives from Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia and the United Arab Emirates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to discuss coordinated strategies against global drug trafficking.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The joint declaration<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">calls for greater <\/span><b>cooperation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through the <\/span><b>timely exchange of information,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> intelligence and best practices, in line with national laws and international obligations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also highlights the importance of <\/span><b>using innovative technologies, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">digital tools and data-driven approaches to improve law enforcement and regulatory measures against drug trafficking.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The declaration also stresses the need to <\/span><b>strengthen efforts to reduce drug demand, promote healthy lifestyles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>protect vulnerable groups<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, especially children and young people, through evidence-based and people-centred strategies.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about BRICS<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>intergovernmental organization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of major <\/span><b>emerging economies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that aims to create greater economic and geopolitical integration and coordination among member states.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BRICS, originally coined by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O&#8217;Neill in 2001, <\/span><b>started as the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with<\/span><b> South Africa joining <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">later in <\/span><b>2010 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to form <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brics-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>BRICS<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was<\/span><b> expanded in 2024<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to include <\/span><b>Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with <\/span><b>Indonesia joining in 2025.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The grouping has emerged as an influential bloc, bringing together <\/span><b>11 major emerging economie<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s that account for around 49.5 percent of the world&#8217;s population, about 40 percent of global GDP and nearly 26 percent of global trade.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the 11 member nations, <\/span><b>10 partner countries <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joined BRICS in 2025 &#8212; Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/brics-nations-adopt-guwahati-declaration-to-combat-drug-trafficking\/article71193362.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guwahati Declaration was adopted by the BRICS nations to strengthen cooperation against illicit drug trafficking and related transnational organized crime. 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