18th BRICS Summit Adopts 140-Point New Delhi Declaration

Leaders of the 10-member bloc unanimously adopted the New Delhi Declaration on the first day of the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam. The 140-point document backs permanent UN Security Council seats for China and Russia and expanded UN roles for Brazil and India, pushes IMF/World Bank quota reform, condemns the 2025 Pahalgam attack (26 killed) with 'zero tolerance' and 'no double standards' on terrorism, opposes unilateral sanctions and carbon border adjustment mechanisms, and calls for restoring WTO dispute settlement. It hardens language on Gaza — opposing forced Palestinian displacement, backing full UN membership and a two-state solution on 1967 borders, and citing South Africa's ICJ case against Israel — while calling only for 'maximum restraint' on the Iran-Israel war without condemning US-Israeli strikes. It makes no direct mention of Ukraine, reflecting the limits of consensus among members split over Russia's war, though it criticizes 'unlawful' unilateral sanctions not authorized by the UN Security Council.