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President, Ursula, colleagues, friends.

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I'm very happy to be able to speak on behalf of Germany,
to be involved in this conference,

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because this is a sign of hope
at such a difficult time for so many countries.

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And this shows us that this is
a global challenge that we face.

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So with this pandemic, 
we can only conquer it together.

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We're all pursuing the same objective

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– to work on a vaccine, and make medicines
and diagnostics available for everyone.

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And Germany is firmly involved in this.

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The G20 has issued this commitment to us.

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They make up 80 percent
of the GDP of the world.

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And I am very grateful to
President Ursula von der Leyen

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for taking this initiative and bringing together
all the players from all different areas.

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I'd like to thank the WHO.

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Thank you to the UN
for supporting this event.

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We are willing to explore new avenues.

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We need to come up with the tests,

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and make them available to
as many people as possible.

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We need partnerships,

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particularly with our African friends,

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but also with many other countries.

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We need to pursue new paths

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to develop a vaccine

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and at the same time get
production of the vaccine going.

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We're all doing this in the pursuit
of a single objective

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– to keep people healthy
in the face of this pandemic.

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We feel firmly committed to this aim.

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We will be donating 525 million euros
at this pledging conference,

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and for global health overall,

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we'll be paying in 1.3 billion
euros for the benefit of GAVI

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and building up a health system which is stronger,

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particularly in countries to the south.

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And we will also be boosting
our humanitarian aid

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because we know that this pandemic
has dramatic consequences.

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If you look at Africa,

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more people are becoming infected
with malaria because of the pandemic.

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So it's not just a matter
of focusing on the pandemic itself.

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We all want to work multilaterally.

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So this is a very important signal
that we're sending out.

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This is a moment of hope

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and we certainly intend
to contribute anything we can.

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We know that this won't be the last conference

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and that further efforts will be
required further down the line.

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Thank you very much.