2nd Global COVID-19 Summit Commitments

The second Global COVID-19 Summit, co-hosted by United States, Belize, Germany, Indonesia, and Senegal, convened over partners and organizations from around the world to accelerate collective efforts to get shots into arms, enhance access to tests and treatments, protect the health workforce, and finance and build health security for future pandemics and other health crises.…

Remarks by President Biden at the Global COVID-19 Summit

Residence Library (Prerecorded) THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everyone.  Thank you for joining together for the second Global COVID-19 Summit.  You know, and a special thank you to the leaders of Belize, Germany, Indonesia, Senegal for — for cohosting this summit with the United States. Today, we’re again uniting countries around the world with leaders from the…

Remarks by Vice President Harris at the Global Covid-19 Summit

South Court AuditoriumEisenhower Executive Office Building 9:36 A.M. EDT    THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Thank you, Madam Ambassador.  And thank you, all of you, for co-hosting this very important convening: Prime Minister Briceño; the President, of course, Sall of Senegal; and Chancellor Scholz; and President Widodo.  Thank you all.  And I also see my friend, Prime…

U.S. FACT SHEET: The 2nd Global COVID-⁠19 Summit:

Preventing Complacency and Prioritizing Preparedness Today, the United States, Belize, Germany, Indonesia, and Senegal convened other heads of state and world leaders from international organizations, the private sector, philanthropies, non-government organizations, and other partners for the 2nd Global COVID-19 Summit.   The United States issued a call to redouble global efforts to control the COVID-19…

Joint Statement Between the United States, Belize, Germany, Indonesia, and Senegal on the Announcement of the Second Global COVID-19 Summit

The United States as first COVID Summit Chair, Belize, as CARICOM Chair; Germany, holding the G7 Presidency; Indonesia, holding the G20 Presidency; and Senegal as African Union Chair, are pleased to announce we will co-host the second Global COVID-19 Summit, which will be held virtually on May 12, 2022. The Summit will redouble our collective efforts…

FACT SHEET: Targets for Global COVID-19 Summit

We invite all Global COVID-19 Summit participants to join us in aligning around the global targets and taking the associated required actions to end the COVID-19 pandemic and build back better. These global targets and associated actions by governments, international institutions, and the private sector are drawn from those targets set out by the Multilateral…

Statement from President Biden and President von der Leyen on occasion of the second Global COVID-19 Summit, May 12, 2022

The United States of America and the European Union are implementing the U.S.-EU Agenda for Beating the Global Pandemic, Vaccinating the World, Saving Lives Now and Building Back Better Health Security of September 22, 2021. Today, Presidents Biden and von der Leyen reaffirmed milestones in their strong cooperation towards the five headline goals of the…

Remarks by President Biden at Virtual Global COVID-19 Summit

South Court AuditoriumEisenhower Executive Office Building 11:16 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everyone.  And thank you for joining us today.  As I said yesterday at the United Nations, nothing is more urgent than all of us working together to defeat COVID-19.  And that — that world is going to be much better prepared for…

Global COVID-19 Summit: Ending the Pandemic and Building Back Better

On September 22, 2021, President Biden convened a virtual Global COVID-19 Summit focused on ending the pandemic and building better health security to prevent and prepare for future biological threats. The President called on the world to collectively end the COVID-19 pandemic as soon as possible, with every country, partner, and organization doing its part,…

Media Advisory: Second COVID-19 Summit

The United States as first COVID Summit Chair, Belize, as CARICOM Chair; Germany, holding the G7 Presidency; Indonesia, holding the G20 Presidency; and Senegal as African Union Chair, will co-host the second Global COVID-19 Summit, which will be held virtually on Thursday, May 12, 2022. We will be joined by countries, other partners, non-governmental organizations,…

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