Global Citizen pledging event (27 June)
Supporting artists include Adam Lambert, Chloe x Halle, Chris Rock, Coldplay, Dionne Warwick, Femi Kuti, Fher of Maná, Hugh Jackman, Idris & Sabrina Elba, J Balvin, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Lang Lang, Miley Cyrus, Padma Lakshmi, Rachel Brosnahan and Shakira.
Global pledging event (4 May)
Joining Forces to Accelerate the Development, Production and Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccines, Diagnostics and Therapeutics - On-line Pledging Event (3 pm – 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. Mr Robert Abela, Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta
- 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