President here. Thank you. This evening. Public comment on all items will be heard under section e. Public comment. This includes Public Comment for agenda non agenda items, a speaker card must be turned in to staff in order to speak. Oh if you just took out one of the speakers. Oh oh. Um okay. Accessibility information Translation Services and information on how to observe the meeting are all posted online at this time before the board goes into closed session, i call for any speakers to the closed session items listed in the agenda. There will be a total of five minutes for speakers at this time. Um is there anyone here for public speaking on this item . Yes president muhammadu, theres one person in person, so we will have one minute for Public Comment. Can you hear me . Great. Thank you so much. Um, good evening commissioners. My name is kevin ortiz. Im the copresident of the San Francisco latinx democratic club. Um, i am here today to urge you to look into the state Supreme Court c
President here. Thank you. This evening. Public comment on all items will be heard under section e. Public comment. This includes Public Comment for agenda non agenda items, a speaker card must be turned in to staff in order to speak. Oh if you just took out one of the speakers. Oh oh. Um okay. Accessibility information Translation Services and information on how to observe the meeting are all posted online at this time before the board goes into closed session, i call for any speakers to the closed session items listed in the agenda. There will be a total of five minutes for speakers at this time. Um is there anyone here for public speaking on this item . Yes president muhammadu, theres one person in person, so we will have one minute for Public Comment. Can you hear me . Great. Thank you so much. Um, good evening commissioners. My name is kevin ortiz. Im the copresident of the San Francisco latinx democratic club. Um, i am here today to urge you to look into the state Supreme Court c
President here. Thank you. This evening. Public comment on all items will be heard under section e. Public comment. This includes Public Comment for agenda non agenda items, a speaker card must be turned in to staff in order to speak. Oh if you just took out one of the speakers. Oh oh. Um okay. Accessibility information Translation Services and information on how to observe the meeting are all posted online at this time before the board goes into closed session, i call for any speakers to the closed session items listed in the agenda. There will be a total of five minutes for speakers at this time. Um is there anyone here for public speaking on this item . Yes president muhammadu, theres one person in person, so we will have one minute for Public Comment. Can you hear me . Great. Thank you so much. Um, good evening commissioners. My name is kevin ortiz. Im the copresident of the San Francisco latinx democratic club. Um, i am here today to urge you to look into the state Supreme Court c
Ank you so much. In the last the world has persevered through a deadly pandemic that has claimed nearly 7 million lives across now, as we reflect on the International Response to this Public Health crisis to the future, we must do so with a commitment to advancing Global Health security. There is no International Organization as central to this work, as the World Health Organization. Which, has contributed to monumental advancements in healthcare access, improvements in Population Health outcomes, and the defeat of deadly diseases, even in the furthest corners of the world. The w. H. O. s continued surveillance of Global Health threats have helped prevent outbreaks of deadly diseases, such as measles from arriving on our shores. The w. H. O. s global vaccination programs have helped contribute to an overall 54 increase in global Life Expectancy in the last 70 years, and put us on track to prevent 51 Million Deaths from measles, and hepatitis b around the world. So, i want the time to e
The hearing was held amid ongoing concerns from u. S. Lawmakers w. H. O. It was was impy influenced by china through the covid19 pandemic. This is about two and half hours. It was not. [background noises] these select a subcommittee of the coronavirus pandemic will come to order but want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection the chairman to clear recess at any time. I now recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. Today the select subcommittee is holding a hearing to examine the future of the World Health Organization. And our relationship with the w. H. O. The World Health Organization is supposed to be the preeminent organization that governs just that, the worlds health. Played a key role in eradicating smallpox and is significantly reduced in the cases of polio around the globe. And yet when the world was faced with the outbreak of covid19 and the pandemic we saw w. H. O. Does not always serve all of its members equally. We saw its not an organizat