Kamala Harris acts a little more the American "re-engagement" in the world

Europe 1 with AFP 9:33 p.m., November 11, 2021

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday pledged in Paris her country's commitment to the global fight against poverty, after Joe Biden's act of returning the United States to the heart of the international community. 

"Responding to the challenge of poverty is an obligation for all of us"

"Responding to the challenge of poverty is an obligation for all of us", she insisted at the opening of the fourth edition of the Paris Peace Forum, which is intended to be a place of exchange between heads of state and NGOs. , companies and representatives of civil society on major global challenges. "In this pivotal moment, if we join forces, there is no challenge that we cannot face", she added, calling on each country to act within its borders but also to show " international solidarity ".

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed this American re-engagement, initiated by the new tenant of the White House after four years of isolationism under Donald Trump, who shunned many international organizations.

"To know the United States of America to return to the club of multilateralism was for all of us wonderful news. Thank you for that. Because I believe that it is the place of the United States", he launched. .

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari called on northern countries, including the United States, to move quickly to practical work on the Covid-19 pandemic front, by providing more vaccines to the African continent.

"The current level of vaccine deliveries leaves a lot to be desired"

"The current level of vaccine deliveries leaves a lot to be desired," he regretted. "Some countries are at the third dose for their citizens when millions of people around the world are still waiting for their first," he lamented, noting that only 6% of the African population was vaccinated. President Macron conceded that the rich countries had to do more even if the Europeans were the first to mobilize to deliver doses to the poorest countries via the Covax system.

"Today, the French have each delivered a dose of vaccine to the rest of the world (...) Nevertheless, these commitments are not sufficient (...) We must therefore go faster and much stronger, firstly by speeding up the donation of doses, ”he said. The fight against inequalities will be at the heart for three days of the Paris Peace Forum, wanted in 2018 by Emmanuel Macron and focused this year on reducing the global divides. Thirty heads of state and government are expected at this fourth meeting, which will be held until Saturday and coincides with an international conference on Libya on Friday.

This Forum aims to set up a regular meeting of world decision-makers in Paris, like what is done in Davos in economic matters or in Munich on security issues, two very popular events at the beginning of the year.