Friend –
Today, the United States is hosting world leaders, alongside private sector and non-profit leaders, for a Global COVID-19 Summit. I’m pleased to be participating, given USGLC has long voiced the imperative for America and our allies to step up when it comes to a global response as the only way to stop this pandemic.
Ahead of today’s Summit – and all week during the UN General Assembly – we’ve raised our voice to amplify this message. Just this morning, the Administration announced it was donating another 500 million vaccine doses to developing countries, totaling 1.1 billion doses – extraordinary. A few new highlights:
A Full Page Ad in the Wall Street Journal – This morning, we teamed up with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the ONE Campaign, and Global Citizen to send a loud and clear message to world leaders on “What’s it Worth” to vaccinate 70% of the world by this time next year. The answer: Everything.
Also, featured in POLITICO this morning, we released a letter to the president signed by twenty top business and NGO leaders pressing their support for the 70% global vaccination goal and their commitment to leverage the private sector in helping stop COVID-19 globally. Signatures include UPS, P&G, Google, Citi, and Siemens alongside Save the Children, CARE, IRC, Sesame Workshop, World Vision, Catholic Relief Services, Rockefeller, and more.
As I said on the Concordia stage earlier this week, this Summit is just the commitments – and they are good ones – but ultimately the question is if we have the political will to deliver on the action needed to get shots in the arms around the world. That’s how we will end this pandemic.
I will report back.
Liz
Liz Schrayer, USGLC
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