Coronavirus Global Response
Joining Forces to Accelerate the Development, Production and Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines, Diagnostics and Therapeutics – On-line Pledging Event
3 pm CET – 5 pm CET
Moderator: H.E. Ms Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
Welcome
- H.E. Ms Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
- H.E. Mr Charles Michel, President of the European Council
- H.E. Mr António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- H.E. Mr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organisation
Pledges by co-leads*
- H.E. Mr Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic
- H.E. Ms Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
- H.E. Mr Abe Shinzō, Prime Minister of Japan
- H.E. Ms Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway
- H.E. Mr Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
- H.E. Mr Giuseppe Conte, President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic, Future G20 Presidency
- H.E. Mr Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, President of the Government of the Kingdom of Spain
- H.E. Mr Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Mr Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, Minister of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, G20 Presidency
* Speakers are intervening in protocol order
Remarks by Special Guests
- His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan
- H.E. Mr Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa, Chairperson of the African Union
Pledges by Governments*
- H.S.H. Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco
- H.E. Mr Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Turkey
- H.E. Ms Simonetta Sommaruga, President of the Swiss Confederation
- H.E. Mr Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel
- H.E. Mr Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
* Speakers are intervening in protocol order
- Ms Melinda Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- H.E. Mr Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- H.E. Mr Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sweden
- H.E. Mr António Costa, Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic
- H.E. Mr Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia
- H.E. Mr Jüri Ratas, Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia
- Dr Victor Dzau, Board Member, Global Preparedness Monitoring Board
- H.E. Mr Boyko Borisov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria
- H.E. Mr Leo Varadkar, Taoiseach of Ireland
- H.E. Ms Ana Brnabić, President of the Government of the Republic of Serbia
- H.E. Mr Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
- H.E. Mr Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
- H.E. Mr Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia
- H.E. Ms Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark
- H.E. Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic
- H.E. Mr Sebastian Kurz, Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria
- H.E. Ms Sophie Wilmès, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium
- Mr Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust, speaking also on behalf of the Therapeutics Accelerator
- H.E. Mr Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
- H.E. Ms Kang Kyung-wha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea
- H.E. Mr Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States
- H.E. Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait
- H.E. Mr Anže Logar, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
- Mr Aurelijus Veryga, Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania
- Mr Ahmed Al-Saidi, Minister of Health of the Sultanate of Oman
- Ms Aino-Kaisa Pekonen, Minister of Social Affairs and Health of the Republic of Finland
- Mr Nelu Tătaru, Minister of Health of Romania
- Ms Reem Al Hashimy, State Minister, responsible for international cooperation and Member of the Cabinet), United Arab Emirates
- H.E. Mr Zhang Ming, Ambassador, Head of the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the European Union
- Mr Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum
- Mr Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank
- Ms Annette Dixon, Vice-President of the World Bank Group
Expressions of Support by Partner Organisations
- Mr Richard Hatchett, CEO, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
- Mr Seth Berkley, CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
- Ms Catherine Boehme, CEO, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
- Ms Marisol Touraine, Executive Board Chair, Unitaid
Statements by Industry and other Partners
- Mr Dave Ricks, Chairman, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations
- Mr Sai D. Prasad, President, Developing Countries Vaccine Manufactures Network
Concluding Remarks by H.E. Ms Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission