Foreign Affairs

Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on New Actions to Protect Americans Against the Delta and Omicron Va

Via Teleconference (December 1, 2021) 7:38 P.M. EST MODERATOR: Hi, everybody. Thank you for joining us tonight. Tomorrow, President Biden is going to announce new actions to protect Americans against the Delta and Omicron variants as we battle COVID-19 this winter. Tonight, we have [senior administration official] on the call. As a reminder, this call...

Updated: Thu Dec 02 2021

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Reforms to Increase Equity and Level the Playing Field for Underserved Smal

The federal government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world, buying everything from software and building construction to financial and asset management-making its procurement a powerful tool to advance equity and build wealth in underserved communities. Despite this, less than 10 percent of federal agencies' total eligible contracting dollars typically go...

Updated: Thu Dec 02 2021

French candidacy to the IMO Council (10 December 2021)

France is applying for a renewed term on the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in Category B (States with the largest interest in international seaborne trade). The election of the Council's members will take place in London on 10 December 2021 during the 32nd session of the IMO Assembly. As a coastal State keen to protect the marine environment and ensure maritime safety and security, France has sat on the International Maritime Organization's Council ever since its (...)

Updated: Thu Dec 02 2021

Nominations Sent to the Senate

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Bidtah N. Becker, of Arizona, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2022. (New Position) Estrellita Bograd Brodsky, of New York, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26,...

Updated: Thu Dec 02 2021

OSCE - Franck Riester attending the Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Stockholm

Franck Riester, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, is attending today's meeting of OSCE foreign ministers in Stockholm, under the chairpersonship of Sweden. He will reaffirm the importance of the role played by the OSCE - whose founding principles are enshrined in the Helsinki Decalogue - in Europe's collective security. He will call on all member States to rededicate themselves to the spirit of the Charter (...)

Updated: Thu Dec 02 2021

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, December 1, 2021

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:53 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Okay. On popular demand and request of the press corps, I'm joined today by Dr. Fauci, who will give a brief statement and then answer some questions. He does have a hard out a little bit after 2:00, so we're going to...

Updated: Thu Dec 02 2021

Remarks by President Biden During a Menorah Lighting in Celebration of Hanukkah

East Room 5:52 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Please. Thank you. Please. Thank you. My name is Joe Biden, and I am Jill's husband - (laughter) - as I'm known here in Washington and many other places. I - Happy Hanukkah, everyone. AUDIENCE: Happy Hanukkah. THE PRESIDENT: ...

Updated: Thu Dec 02 2021

Statement from President Joe Biden on Unemployment Insurance Claims

This morning, we received additional evidence of the strength of America's historic economic recovery and Americans getting back to work. New unemployment claims are now at a level not seen since March 7, 2020 and last week's claims were revised down to their lowest level since 1969. In addition, the four-week average of unemployment claims fell...

Updated: Thu Dec 02 2021

Background Press Call by a Senior Administration Official on World AIDS Day 2021

Via Teleconference (November 30, 2021) 6:04 P.M. EST MR. MUNOZ: All right. Good evening. Hi, everybody. I'm Kevin Munoz with the White House Press Office. Thank you for joining us tonight. Tonight's call is embargoed until tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. Eastern, when we will announce, on World AIDS Day 2021, renewed commitments to ending...

Updated: Wed Dec 01 2021

Executive Order on the National Space Council

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose. The National Space Council (Council), as authorized under Title V of Public Law 100-685, advises and assists the President regarding national space policy and strategy. This...

Updated: Wed Dec 01 2021

Fact Sheet: The Biden-?Harris Administration Marks World AIDS Day 2021 With Renewed Commitments to Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidem

Today, President Biden commemorated World AIDS Day and renewed the U.S. government's bipartisan and decades-long commitment to ending the HIV epidemic at home and around the world. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic that has impacted every aspect of the HIV/AIDS response, from prevention to treatment to research, the United States is redoubling efforts...

Updated: Wed Dec 01 2021

Remarks by President Biden on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota 3:36 P.M. CST THE PRESIDENT: Whoa. (Laughter.) Sarah, thank you for that introduction. I was saying to Sarah in the back, because I - when I was Sarah's age, the idea that I'd be standing, waiting to introduce a President - it didn't matter who it was - I would find it...

Updated: Wed Dec 01 2021

Remarks by President Biden on the Nation's Supply Chains

1:03 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Sorry to keep you waiting. Good afternoon. It's wonderful to see the holiday decorations here in the White House. Tomorrow, I'm going to light the National Christmas Tree to help kick off the holiday season. Whatever you celebrate, we are looking ahead to abrighter and happier December with an economy markedly stronger...

Updated: Wed Dec 01 2021

WHO - France welcomes the launch of negotiations on a new treaty to prevent pandemics (1 December 2021)

The World Health Organization's special session was held from 29 November to 1 December 2021. The WHO Member States adopted by consensus a decision to launch negotiations on a new legal instrument to prevent and respond to future pandemics. The decision was co-sponsored by the European Union Member States and by [90 States] from all the world's regions. The COVID-19 crisis has shown that the international health security system must be strengthened ahead of crises, by improving (...)

Updated: Wed Dec 01 2021

World AIDS Day (1 December 2021)

The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the progress achieved in the area of HIV/AIDS and placing strain on health systems around the world. On the occasion of World AIDS Day, France recalls that strengthening health systems is essential for international health security. The fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and now COVID-19 is the same the world over, and can only be won through sustainable commitment from all actors towards the populations most at risk. France joined the (...)

Updated: Wed Dec 01 2021

A Proclamation on World AIDS Day, 2021

For decades, World AIDS Day has been recognized as an opportunity for people around the world to stand together in the fight against HIV. This year on World AIDS Day, we are focused on addressing health inequities and inequalities and ensuring that the voices of people with HIV are at the center of our work...

Updated: Tue Nov 30 2021

Bills Signed: S. 769, S. 894, S. 1031, and S. 1095

On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, the President signed into law: S. 796, the "Protecting Moms Who Served Act of 2021," which codifies the Department of Veterans Affairs current maternity care coordination program, Thank you to Senators Warnock, Moran, Menendez, Murray, Blumenthal, Murphy, Leahy, Lujan, and Tester and Representatives Takano and Bost for their leadership; S....

Updated: Tue Nov 30 2021

COVID-19 - Q&A - (29 Nov. 2021)

Q: Given the progression of the Omicron variant, are operations being considered to return French citizens to France from southern Africa? A: Given the situation created by the identification and spread of a new variant that the WHO has classified as a "variant of concern," and given the very close cooperation among European countries, France has joined several of its European partners in deciding to temporarily suspend air service from certain countries. The Ministry for Europe and Foreign (...)

Updated: Tue Nov 30 2021

FACT SHEET: Virtual Engagement with Indigenous Women Leaders in Preparation for the Fourth Convening of the Trilateral Workin

Today, the White House welcomes our partners from the governments of Canada and Mexico as we jointly host a half-day virtual discussion with Indigenous women leaders from all three of our countries. This virtual engagement brings together Indigenous women leaders from across North America to gather their expertise and recommendations in identifying priority areas for...

Updated: Tue Nov 30 2021

Francophonie - Inauguration of the Maison des Etudiants de la Francophonie at Paris's Cité Internationale Universitaire (Nov.

Tomorrow Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Minister of State for Tourism, French Nationals Abroad and Francophonie, will inaugurate the Maison des Etudiants de la Francophonie student residence at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (CIUP). This event will be attended by the rector of the Ile-de-France academic region, the rector of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and the President of the CIUP National Foundation. A major component of the international strategy to promote (...)

Updated: Tue Nov 30 2021