Public who wish to address the board. My mistake. Open up for Public Comment on this item. To the amended minutes that were recirculated from may 19. Members of the public who are watching this meeting via sfg tv who wish to address the board call 8888086929 and press 9961164. All right. We will wait a moment to see if there are members of the public who wish to address the board with respect to the amended minutes of may 19. Director borden, put yourself on mute. All right. Moderator is telling us there are no callers. Seeing of no callers s the floor closed officially . Yes, madam chair t moderator will close Public Comment for the minutes. And there is still a roll call vote on the minutes . A yes, madam chair. Director borden. Aye. Director brinkman . Dr. Brinkman, unmute. Aye. Dr. Eaken . Aye. Heminger. And that is approved by unanimous approval. Item 5, communication. Before i get into the extensive directions here, i just wanted to say a few words because we are coming together
International coordination in distributing medical supplies. The risk remains high, and we have a long road to travel. The United States has accused the w. H. O. Of being too close to china. Washington is demanding a detailed investigation into the organizations initial response to the outbreak. Chinese president xi jinping gave a speech at the opening ceremony. He defended his countrys handling of the crisis. Translator all along, we have acted with h openness, trransparency, and responsibilityty. Wwe have provivided informrmati the w. W. H. O. And relevant countries in a most timely mmanner. Xi pledged 2 billion over two years to help developing countries combat the coronavirus. A hot button issue ahead of the meeting was whether to let taiwan take part as an observer. But the assemblbly chair person did not allow it adding the matter will be discussed at anotother meeting laater this y. Translator the Foreign Ministry expresses deep regret andnd strong g dissaatisfaction World Healt
Combined with opera music it allows people to let go and be entertained and enjoy the music instead of putting on headphones. Thats what is great about art sometimes everyone loves it because you have to, you know, really great you have to have both some people dont like it and some people do were concerned about that. Its about thirty something out there thats risky. You know, disliked by someone torn apart and thats the whole point of what were drying to do you never take this for granted you make sure it is the best if you can. Amendments to the amendments. The corrected minutes were reposted yesterday as requested. A directors, do we have a motion for the reposted minutes for the may 19 meeting . So moved. Second. All in favor . Before we do, we should see if there are minutes of the public who wish to address the board. My mistake. Open up for Public Comment on this item. To the amended minutes that were recirculated from may 19. Members of the public who are watching this meeting
Expected to decide on thursday whether to lift the state of emergency for tokyo, osaka and six other prefectures. Last week, the government canceled the nationwide declaration for the other 39 prefectures. The governors of tokyo and three neighboring prefectures held a Video Conference on tuesdsday. They reiterated their call to stay alert and maintain social distancing. Translator more people are coming out of their homes. We need to remind residents to continue taking thorough preventative measures. Economic and social activities are gradually resuming following the partial lifting of the state of emergency. And an aquarium located outside tokyo reopened on monday after being closed for more than a month. Translator people have been mostly staying at home. I hope theyll enjoy spending time with various creatures here. Starbucks has started reopening more than half of the 1,500 coffee shops across japan. Other chains are planning to do the same. To help people cope with the financial
Justice for all. Thank you. We have had the fortune of having Many Political journalists, both print and broadcast, speak here over the years. The one we have with us tonight has covered six u. S. President s beginning with president reagan. Speaking of president reagan, we were first introduced to canada back in 2002 when he and a handful of other experts came out to the Reagan Library to share stories about president reagan and our air force one tail number 27000. Stories we then used to make our visitors experience and our air force one pavilion that much more rich. Since then hes come to other times to discuss and find copies of his book, prisoners of the white house in 2013, and ultimate insiders white house photographers and how they shape history in 2017. Since he has been covering the white house since 1986 i am sure he is no lack of material for many more books, especially since today he continues to provide insight into the white house of donald trump in the world of presiden