This document contains the Joint Statement issued at the conclusion of Second Meeting of Ministers of BASIC Group at New Delhi.

The Ministers of the four BASIC Group countries - China, Brazil, South Africa and India - met in New Delhi on 24th January 2010 and called for an early resumption of the climate negotiations through the two negotiating groups - (AWG-LCA and the AWG-KP). They called for the early flow of the pledged $10bn by developed countries in 2010. The Ministers agreed to work closely on climate change negotiations and climate change science amongst themselves and with the G-77.