Good morning, this is Irene. Today we’re covering the Biden administration’s announcement that it will buy a further 500 million Pfizer jabs to help vaccinate the world from Covid, raising the US’s commitment to 1.1 billion vaccine doses.

We’ll also be looking at the Taliban’s request to join the UN General Assembly and the chemical industry's widespread tactics to conceal the harmful effects of their substances.

23.09.2021

On our radar

President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual COVID-19 summit during the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, 22 September 2021. The US committed to sharing more of its vaccines as vaccine inequality continues to burden low-income countries. (Credit: Keystone/AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden raises US jab donation to over 1.1 billion and launches US-EU partnership. Biden announced that his administration will buy 500 million new made-in-America Pfizer doses to donate to 100 countries struggling to vaccinate. The new commitment comes in addition to the 600 million doses already promised. The US will continue with booster jabs, despite the WHO’s call that countries wait until 10 per cent of every country is vaccinated. The US and EU are also starting a new partnership.

Geneva Solutions (EN)

Here’s what else is happening

🇺🇳 Taliban asks to send UN envoy to General Assembly, challenging representative of ousted government.
Geneva Solutions (EN)
ℹ️ UN expert slams chemical industries for spreading fake news about risks that their products pose to human health and the environment.
Geneva Solutions (EN)
🏭 WHO raises air quality standards, reducing the recommended emissions limit by half.
Geneva Solutions (EN)
😷 Biggest Covid-19 vaccine producers resist life-saving production expansions that would involve sharing tech and releasing intellectual property rights.
Al Jazeera (EN)
🏷️ New UNESCO chair at University of Geneva to ask, what’s in a name?, in effort to make place names more inclusive.
Genève Vision (FR)

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