u.n., linda thomas-greenfield. pres. biden: good morning, everyone. and thank you for joining us today. as i said yesterday at the u.n., nothing is more urgent than all of us working together to treat covid-19, and that rural -- and the world will be much better prepared for future pandemics. we have to do both. this summit is about supercharging our efforts in three key areas, vaccinating the world by dramatically ramping up vaccine production, donations, delivery, and administering the vaccine, which is a logistical challenge. addressing the oxygen crisis in many hospitals around the world, making treatment more accessible, and increasing the availability of public health tools like masks and tests. and building back better, so our global health security infrastructure is more resilient than it is today. we have all suffered. the u.s. has lost more than 670,000 of our fellow americans. worldwide, the death toll is about 4.5 million people. 4.5 million people. it is a global tragedy. we are not going to solve this crisis with half measures or middle-

ambassador thomas-greenfield: thank you mr. president, thank you all for joining us today to participate in the covid-19 summit as we collectively work to end this pandemic. this administration is grateful to be working alongside you, and let me start by echoing what the president made clear. this pandemic is global. none of us is safe until everyone is safe. only a truly global response can meet and defeat this threat. after all, the world has learned the hard way that global health isn't only about viruses and disease, it touches every aspect of life itself. economies have collapsed. gender-based violence has spiked. millions of children have lost valuable education time, and many, particularly girls, may never return to school. the pandemic has disrupted people's lives and livelihoods in ways that will take us years, maybe even decades, to fully comprehend. we have to come together to vaccinate the world. stop this pandemic, and build a global ecosystem that is well-equipped to prevent, detect, and respond to outbreaks so th

we do have us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield. speaking right now, pops be good idea to listening to her to the future of a scanner. stan, this tax also underscores the you in the role in advancing the human rights of afghan women, children and members of minority groups. this resolution recognizes that you and staff a working in deteriorating security conditions throughout the country. we remain deeply concerned about the safety and security of unanimous national staff. the u. s. must protect them and their families. as the largest single largest donor of humanitarian assistance to afghan stan, the united states is committed to the anonymous coordination function with partners on the ground providing food protection, shelter, and essential health care, water, sanitation, hygiene services, and so much more vital humanitarian aid to afghans over the course of this 6 month extension, we look forward to receiving reports from the secretary general on the situation in afghanistan, particularly for its vulnerable groups. and the un it'

and now i like to turn this over to a bachelor, thomas greenfield, united nations, and want to thank everybody on the screen. i can see here without going to each one of you for all you have done continue to do. i think you all know we can do this. we can do this, we have to. so thank. thank you all. thank you, mr. president. and let me thank you all for joining us today to participate in the cove at 19 summit. as we collectively worked in this pandemic, this administration is grateful to be working alongside you. and let me start by echoing what the president made clear because this pandemic is global. none of us is safe until everyone is safe. only a truly global response can meet and defeat this, this threat. after all, the world has learned the hard way that global health isn't only about viruses and disease. it touches every aspect of life itself. economies have collapsed, gender based violence in spite. millions of children have lost valuable education time. and many particularly girls may never return to school. the pandemic has disrupted people's lives and livelihoods in ways

ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield. pres. biden: good morning, everyone.nd thank you for joining us today. as i said yesterday at the u.n., nothing is more urgent than all of us working together to treat covid-19, and that rural -- and the world will be much better prepared for future pandemics. we have to do both. this summit is about superchargou

s. decided to put out the, the comments, so president biden and also his boss to the un to thomas greenfield. but my understanding is, are the diplomats were told that their contributions would not be seen by the public. and that's why i think the feed has caught. and you haven't even seen the un secretary general, but we know what the general has to say on this because you say he made a speech on it. part of his very somber speech that he made to the united nations. yes, they founding, the alarm was about 19 he reminded us that in africa, 90 percent of african people have only had that 1st. busy dose, so it's not 90 percent 90 percent of africans of i've not had that 1st, but those evac vaccine. he said that was a more than diamonds in the state of the world. he said it was an obscenity. clearly, president, by now announcing a total of another half 1000000000 vaccines that bring it up to $1100000000.00 vaccines that they're going to be donated by the u. s. and he made it clear that was equivalent to one shot. everyone shot they've given an america and they give you 3 to people around the wo

sam baset is the united nation, is known to thomas greenfield, made it clear that those were brand new funds coming from the united states. but as i say, it's going to take some days for the us to actually work out what is new money on the un says really, they've only got days. yes, this is money to last. the rest of the year, the remaining 4 months part, there's much tight timeline with regard to the weather in afghanistan and winter coming, and they need to get that aid and that food supplies and other supplies distributed across afghanistan before winter sets in. james, we know the taliban wants the jet timothy and the eyes of the wild and many countries have fed evaluate the taliban government by the actions and their decisions in terms of policy has the thought about actually done enough to ensure that money will actually continue flowing into the country there'll be many countries that are reluctant that don't want to get money at this stage because the be worried that the money is going to go not to the people of afghanistan, but to the taliban. the u. n. when he clear that it b

and the comments from his ambassador to you and then to thomas greenfield, which you heard a little bit off than the u. s, saying that another half 1000000000 vaccines they are going to give. that's going to be a total of $1100000000.00 vaccines by the end of next year, given by the us, the us saying that it is equivalent to every one shot vaccine that they've given to someone in the u. s. 3 shots they've given to people around the world, but there are billions and billions of doses needed for this job. and. 1 they're going to need other countries to so the plea and i think the reason this is volume closed doors and so they can make this pretty firmly to some of these countries is that other countries do the same. and he put some conditions on that. he said he wants the rich countries to donate vaccines. he doesn't want them to sell vaccines . he also said that need to be no strings attached. so no idea that you can say, oh, what we give, you will give you a dose, a package of vaccines in return for a political commitment or a political support or another issue, or in return for a trade

example, in the last few minutes, the us ambassador at the united nations in new york, linda thomas greenfield, announced that the u. s. will be giving $64000000.00. she said that was brand new money james, we know that the well, the saying that it will evaluate the taliban government by the actions and their policy choices. do you think they've done enough so far to ensure that money will actually continue flowing into the country? well certainly there are some, some countries that are reluctant to get money at this stage because that when the money going into the hands of the taliban. earlier i spoke to the un humanitarian coordinator martin griffiths, who said that they would try and make sure money went directly to those humanitarians on the ground who are delivering services to the african people. he told me about the scale of the problem the level of need enough can it's done. it's always been significant these many years. but for example, we were trying to reach 2 thirds of the population before these events took place. now the shock to the system that withdrawal a certain funding for p

now i'd like to turn this over to ambassador thomas greenfield of the united nations.to thank everybody on the screen i can see here. >> we have been listening to president biden speaking at the opening of this virtual covid summit he's convening with world leaders, kind of in the margins of the u.n. general assembly this week. we'll continue to monitor that. in the meantime, let me bring in cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. the announcement was addss expected, the united states will be donating to countries in need 500 million doses of the pfizer vaccine. is it clear what kind of impact that has on the global stage? the need is so great we know. >> yeah. the need is obviously tremendous. you start thinking about two doses of each of these vaccines, and you're trying to -- the goal was, as president biden has talked about, get at least 70% of the world vaccinated. you're talking some 10 billion doses roughly that would be needed around the world. let me show you sort of where the world is compared to where the united states is. we know here in this coun

ambassador, linda thomas greenfield. >> translator: we emphasize here the importance of the international community's continued support of afghanistan at this critical stage. >> urging the world to continue dialogue with e taliban. i speak with qatar and its deputy pme minister. plus -- >> the fact that americans are less in the line of f

us to step up, which i'm confident you will, and now i'd like to turn this over to ambassador thomas-greenfield of the united nations, and i want to thank everybody on the screen. i can see here without going to each one of you for all you've done, continue to do. i think you all know, we can do this. we can do this. we have to do this. so thank you. thank you all. >> all right, we were taking a listen to the president addressing the virtual covid summit, laying out the goals for the united states going forward and its contribution to the world at large when it comes to getting rid of the pandemic we've been in the last two years. some of the commitments the president made. 1.1 billion donation of vaccines to be shipped at this time next year. that additional 500 million to be shipped at this time next year. a commitment to getting as many vaccines to as many people in the world as possible. collective action across the board, and public health measures as well to be taken. he also announced a partnership, the eu/u.s. vaccine partnership and a commitment to donate vaccines to low income countri

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before crossing town to meet linda thomas-greenfield, u.s. ambassador to the u.n. global citizens live event on saturday advocating for better vaccine euity around the world. the couple also partnering up with the world health organization to hold a round table on the subject with global leaders, public health officials and more. it's a cause they've championed before. harry telling at an awards ceremony last month -- >> until every community can access the vaccine and until every community is connected to trustworthy information about the vaccine, then we are all at risk. >> reporter: and global citizen live will be held just down the street from where i'm standing at new york's -- new york's central park great lawn. prince harry and meghan will be joined by several big names including jennifer lopez and lizzo to name a few, guys. >> definitely going to be a sight to see. okay, mona, thanks so much. >>> coming up, supermodel linda evangelista claiming a popular cosmetic procedure left her brutally disfigured ending her 30-year career. now she's suing for $50 milli

earlier today, linda thomas greenfield, she made a stop at this mobile testing site right across thetest on the way in. and this is a different general assembly, smaller than usual. each nation is permitted to have a total of four people in the general assembly hall. that includes the speakers, is so it'll be a different environment for all the world leaders who are here this week. now, in the news this week the biden administration easing a series of covid-related travel bans. that's likely to come up. now all foreign nationals can fly into the united states provided they're fully vaccinated. we just got reaction from the british prime minister, boris johnson. here he is. >> we also, as you know, got some good news about u.k. travelers to the, to the united states and double-vaccinated u.k. travelers will be able to go by the end of october. >> reporter: by the end of october. seen as a positive by prime minister johnson. as we move forward on this monday here in new york, the secretary of state, antony blinken, will be arriving later in the day today. he actually has a meeting with

ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas greenfield.

ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield.