Overview
- Leaders issued a joint declaration at the UN General Assembly on Monday, September 21, 2026, formally launching Partners for Multilateralism and naming seven co-sponsors: the EU, Brazil, Canada, India, Kenya, Australia and Barbados.
- The co-sponsors tasked senior officials to establish a coordination channel and to identify priority areas for practical cooperation on climate, artificial intelligence, health security, supply chains and economic governance.
- India joined as a co-sponsor and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar co-chaired summit sessions, urging 'reformed multilateralism,' guardrails for new technologies, and action on the '4F' crisis of fuel, food, fertiliser and finance.
- Founders emphasised P4M will be an open, flexible network rather than a closed bloc, but they have not yet set a permanent secretariat, confirmed funding or defined formal membership rules.
- The initiative is framed as a response to rising conflicts and pressure on international law, and its influence will depend on how quickly members convert coordination into funded, operational projects that deliver visible results.