BRICS Parliamentary Forum: 12th edition adopts New Delhi declaration
Why in the news
The 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum (BRICS PF), hosted by India’s Parliament in New Delhi on 26-27 October 2026, closed with the adoption of a 30-paragraph joint declaration on 27 October. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced the declaration.
Key facts
- Theme: Strengthening Parliaments for People-Centred Development.
- Participants: parliaments of the 10 BRICS members – Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, South Africa and the UAE.
- Terrorism: condemned the Pahalgam attack of 22 April 2025 (26 killed), rejected double standards and urged finalising the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism at the UN.
- Global governance: supported comprehensive UN reform, including the Security Council; condemned unilateral coercive measures and secondary sanctions.
- Technology: called for safe and equitably accessible AI and proposed a BRICS digital public infrastructure repository with pilot projects.
- Climate: urged faster action on NDCs under the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement.
- West Asia: backed a two-state solution and called for restraint.
- Next meeting: 2027, under China’s BRICS chairship.
About BRICS Parliamentary Forum
The forum brings together presiding officers and representatives of BRICS parliaments; 11 meetings had been held before New Delhi. An MoU on the BRICS PF was signed on 11 July 2024. The declaration also recalled the 2016 Jaipur Declaration on the 10th anniversary of the BRICS Women Parliamentarians Forum. India holds the BRICS chairship in 2026 and hosted the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on 12-13 September 2026.
Exam angle
- 12th BRICS PF: New Delhi, 26-27 October 2026; next in 2027 under China.
- BRICS now has 10 members, including Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the UAE.
- Declaration backed finalising the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism within the UN.