CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL RESPONSE 04/05/20
The European Union and its partners have been hosting an international pledging conference on Monday 4 May 2020 (15:00 CEST) where €7.4 billion was raised in initial funding to kick-start the global cooperation.
Thanks to a large number of projects all over Europe, EU cohesion policy supports research in tests, treatments and prevention as a concrete response to the coronavirus pandemic. Find out about the full event, the participants and their messages in this page dedicated to this Global Response Coronavirus Event.
GLOBAL RESPONSE INTERNATIONAL EVENT 04-05-20
Full list of participants and direct links to their messages here below:
- Introduction by URSULA VAN DER LEYEN – PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION
- CHARLES MICHEL – PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL
- ANTONIO GUTERRES - SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
- TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS - DIRECTOR GENERAL OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
- EMMANUEL MACRON - PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
- ANGELA MERKEL - CHANCELLOR OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
- SHINZO ABE - PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
- ERNA SOLBERG - PRIME MINISTER OF THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY
- JUSTIN TRUDEAU - PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
- PEDRO SANCHEZ PEREZ-CASTEJON - PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN
- BORIS JOHNSON - PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
- H.E. TAWFIG ALRABIAH – SAUDI ARABIA
- HIGH MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH II OF JORDAN
- MATAMELA CYRIL RAMAPHOSA – PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA – CHAIRPERSON OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
- HIS SERENE HIGHNESS ALBERT II SOVEREIGN PRINCE OF MONACO
- RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN – PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
- GIUSEPPE CONTE – PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
- SIMONETTA SOMMARUGA – PRESIDENT OF THE SWISS CONFEDERATION
- BENJAMIN NETANYAHU – PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL
- MARK RUTTE – PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS
- MELINDA GATES – CO-CHAIR OF THE BILL&MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
- XAVIER BETTEL – PRIME MINISTER OF LUXEMBOURG
- STEFAN LÖFVEN – PRIME MINISTER OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN
- ANTONIO COSTA – PRIME MINISTER OF PORTUGAL
- JÜRI RATAS – PRIME MINISTER OF ESTONIA
- DR VICTOR DZAU – BOARD MEMBER OF THE GLOBAL PREPAREDNESS MONITORING BOARD
- ANDREJ PLENKOVIC – PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
- BOYKO BORISOV – PRIME MINISTER OF BULGARIA
- LEO VARADKAR – TAOISEACH OF IRELAND
- ANA BRNABIC – PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
- ANDREJ BABIS – PRIME MINISTER OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
- MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI – PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
- SCOTT MORRISON – PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA
- METTE FREDERIKSON – PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK
- KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS – PRIME MINISTER OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC (GREECE)
- SEBASTIAN KURZ – FEDERAL CHANCELLOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA
- ROBERT ABELA – PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA
- SOPHIE WILMES – PRIME MINISTER OF THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM
- JEREMY FARRAR – DIRECTOR OF THE WELLCOME TRUST – THEROPEUTICS ACCELERATOR
- H.E. EDGARS RINKEVICS – FOREIGN MINISTER OF LATVIA
- KANG KYUNG-WHA – MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
- MARCELO EBRARD CASAMBON – MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE MEXICAN STATES
- SHEIKH AHMED NASSER AL-MOHAMMAD AL-SABAH – MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF KUWAIT
- ANZE LOGAR – MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
- AURELIJUS VERYGA – MINISTER OF HEALTH OF LITHUANIA
- AHMED BIN MOHAMMED AL-SAID – MINISTER OF HEALTH OF OMAN
- NELU TATARU – MINISTER OF HEALTH OF ROMANIA
- AINO KAISA PEKONEN – MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRES AND HEALTH OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND
- REEM AL HASHIMY – STATE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOREATION AND MEMBER OF THE CABINET – UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- ZAHNG MING – AMBASSADOR OF THE HEAD OF THE MISSION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
- KLAUS SCHWAB – FOUNDER ANS EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
- WERNER HOYER – PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
- ANNETTE DIXAN – VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK GROUP
- RICHARD HATCHETT – CEO OF THE COALITION FOR EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS INNOVATIONS
- SETH BERKLEY – CEO OF GAVI, THE VACCINE ALLIANCE
- CATHERINE BOEHME – CEO OF THE FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS
- MARISOL TOURAINE – EXECUTIVE BOARD CHAIR OF UNITAID
- DAVE RICKS – CHAIRMAN INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS & ASSOCIATIONS
- SAI D. PRASAD – PRESIDENT OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES VACCINE MANUFACTURERS NETWORK
- Conclusion by URSULA VON DER LEYEN - PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION
