Question 7088 — foreign policy

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Mr. Arthur Delaporte draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to France's necessary support for global health stakeholders. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.3 sets the goal of ending “the AIDS epidemic, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases” by 2030. While the growing investment of Member States in public aid for Global development (ODA) has enabled immense progress in this area, recent US announcements threaten more than a decade of progress. Four days after coming to power, the Trump administration, for example, announced the freezing of the PEPFAR HIV program, which has nevertheless saved the lives of 26 million people over the past 20 years. According to the PEPFAR Impact Counter indicator, there are an estimated 35,000 death directly attributable to the freezing of the program since January 24. These worrying measures are, however, only the first step in the dismantling of US ODA: the New York Times revealed, at the end of March, the US government's intention to end funding for the Vaccine Alliance, which nevertheless represents 15% of the organization's budget. This measure could cause, according to the organization, more than a million deaths. The US decline in financing global ODA also represents a threat to global health, with certain pandemics now under control at risk of resuming their course. While the programming law relating to inclusive development and the fight against global inequalities allows France to invest in the future for global public goods (including health), we must ensure that the objectives set by the SDG 3.3 and the efforts of the Associate Member States are not reduced to nothing. He therefore alerts him to the need to provide global health stakeholders with unfailing support, both institutional and financial. He wants to know her intention on this matter.

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