Committee will come to order good good morning everyone. I want to think all of you who are attending this important hearing. Today we are going to discuss the International Response of the covid19 pandemic and the future pandemic preparedness prevention and response. The hearing will focus on senate bill 3829 with senator murphy and i have introduced, the Global Health diplomacy act. It is written on paper, not on stone which will we will talk about a little bit in the future here. This is an important endeavor that this committee will take up indeed, probably one of the weightiest matters that we will deal with as we attempt to create a new shield to prevent covid virus type attack from happening again. The covid19 Global Pandemic is reaffirmed what we long have known and that is Infectious Diseases particularly those of a viral nature do not respect borders but they are a threat, a threat anywhere is a threat everywhere. Weve been right here to focus on art of a sick responses to th
Think about, you know, possible strategies for moving forward. There is one piece of good news that ill mention, that in the recent appropriations package to talk about threats to Global Health could not be more timely. I am pleased to convene the meeting. Welcome to the council on Foreign Relations meeting. I am frances townsend, the executive Vice President of Worldwide Affairs at mcandrews inc. And i will be presiding over todays discussion. I will have the privilege of leading the conversation for 30 minutes, then i will open it up to questions and answers. We will end at 1 30 p. M. These gentlemen are very busy, as you can imagine, dealing with the coronavirus. By looking back , emergingast decade Infectious Diseases played a recurring and ominous theme, be it ebola, the zika virus, and now the novel coronavirus. The threat is not dissipating. When it comes to nondisease natural disasters the stafford act provides funds to enable Immediate Response by and by comparison there are s
Good morning, my name is nancy limborg. I am the president and ceo here at the u. S. Institute of peace im delighted to welcome you here for a very important conversation to prevent violence in a fragile world. Our speakers here today i want to extend a special welcome to mark green we are honored to have them here today and a very warm welcome to secretary Madeleine Albright whos been a fierce champion of ours for years and many thanks to the National Endowment for democracy who made todays event possible with their generous support and our good friends and partners in the george w. Bush institute. Its wonderful to have them cohost the event with us today. Usip was founded thirtyfive years ago by congress nonpartisan National Institute dedicated to the notion that peace is very practical and very possible. We firmly believe todays complex Foreign Policy challenges require the best thinking and partnership across the aisle. Last Year Congress asked usip host a bipartisan congressionall
Good morning, my name is nancy limborg. I am the president and ceo here at the u. S. Institute of peace im delighted to welcome you here for a very important conversation to prevent violence in a fragile world. Our speakers here today i want to extend a special welcome to mark green we are honored to have them here today and a very warm welcome to secretary Madeleine Albright whos been a fierce champion of ours for years and many thanks to the National Endowment for democracy who made todays event possible with their generous support and our good friends and partners in the george w. Bush institute. Its wonderful to have them cohost the event with us today. Usip was founded thirtyfive years ago by congress nonpartisan National Institute dedicated to the notion that peace is very practical and very possible. We firmly believe todays complex Foreign Policy challenges require the best thinking and partnership across the aisle. Last Year Congress asked usip host a bipartisan congressionall
The presentation of the 2019 Hillary Clinton awards for advancing women and peace and security. Today we are privileged to have with us the honorable Hillary Rodham clinton, honoring founding chair of our Georgetown Institute for women peace and security. At secretary clinton, we are deeply grateful to you for your presence and for your extraordinary contributions in recognizing the role of women in peace building. Thank you for being here. [applause] [cheering] we gather today to honor three individuals who exemplified what it means to serve, protect, and empower vulnerable populations. Her excellency, Michelle Bachelet who serves as the United Nations high commissioner for human rights and who previously served twice as president of the republic of chile. [applause] [cheering] rosa anaya who served as Program Coordinator of segundo opportunity, Catholic Relief Services Program Based in el salvador that supports incarcerated people as they prepare to return to society and to the workf