International Day for South-South Cooperation - 2024

Solidarity, Equity and Partnership: Unlocking South-South Cooperation to Achieve the SDGs

The Republic of Congo tapping into the wealth of expertise and innovations available in Brazil on family farming and school feeding programmes; Cuba's support in the fight against Ebola in West Africa; UNESCO's facilitating of exchanges between Fiji, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu to build capacities of teachers; these are just a few examples of South-South cooperation.

South-South cooperation is a manifestation of solidarity among peoples and countries of the South that contributes to their national well-being, their national and collective self-reliance and the attainment of internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Boosting this collaborative spirit, the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), promotes and facilitates South-South and triangular cooperation for development on a global and United Nations system-wide basis.