(AseanAll)  — Singapore Senior Minister of State (SMS) for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs Sim Ann attended the G20 Development Ministers’ Meeting (DMM) in Skukuza, South Africa from 24 to 25 July 2025.

At the DMM, the Ministers committed to using the G20 platform to galvanise the international community to support developing countries in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. They also discussed ways to combat Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) and reaffirmed the importance of accelerating the adoption of Social Protection Floors.

In her interventions, Sim Ann highlighted the importance of social protection floors to countries’ long-term growth and stability as well as how workforce development, tripartite cooperation and strengthening governance can support this goal. To help combat IFFs, she emphasised the need to ensure disciplined and sustainable public financing, and to deepen multilateral cooperation to deal with emerging global challenges such as AI, cybersecurity, and transnational crime. 

On the sidelines of the DMM, Sim Ann met Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of South Africa Maropene Ramokgopa, Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation of Egypt Dr Rania Al Mashat, Minister of International Development of Norway Åsmund Aukrust, Minister of State for International Development and the Diaspora of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland Neale Richmond, and Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Development Affairs and International Organisations of the United Arab Emirates Sultan Mohd Al Shamsi. 

During her meeting with South African Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Maropene Ramokgopa, Sim Ann expressed Singapore’s appreciation to South Africa’s leadership for the invitation to attend the various G20 meetings.