diff --git a/legislation/2024-09/2024-09-25-memorandum-on-the-delegation-of-authority-under-section-506a1-and-section-614a1-of-the-foreign-assistance-act-of-1961-5.md b/legislation/2024-09/2024-09-25-memorandum-on-the-delegation-of-authority-under-section-506a1-and-section-614a1-of-the-foreign-assistance-act-of-1961-5.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..daa54fef9 --- /dev/null +++ b/legislation/2024-09/2024-09-25-memorandum-on-the-delegation-of-authority-under-section-506a1-and-section-614a1-of-the-foreign-assistance-act-of-1961-5.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +date: '2024-09-25' +modified_time: 2024-09-25 16:20:04-04:00 +published_time: 2024-09-25 17:30:00-04:00 +source_url: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2024/09/25/memorandum-on-the-delegation-of-authority-under-section-506a1-and-section-614a1-of-the-foreign-assistance-act-of-1961-5/ +tags: legislation +title: "Memorandum on the Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) and Section\ + \ 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of\_1961" +--- + +MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE + +SUBJECT:       Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) and +Section 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 + +By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the +laws of the United States of America, including section 621 of the +Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA), I hereby delegate to the Secretary +of State:  + +(1)  the authority under section 506(a)(1) of the FAA to direct the +drawdown of up to $375 million in defense articles and services of the +Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide +assistance to Ukraine and to make the determinations required under such +section to direct such a drawdown; and + +\(2\)  the authority under section 614(a)(1) of the FAA to determine +whether it is important to the security interests of the United States +to furnish up to $103 million in assistance to Ukraine without regard to +any provision of law within the purview of section 614(a)(1) of the FAA. + +You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the +*Federal Register.* + +                              JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR. diff --git a/rss.xml b/rss.xml index 9956a76a7..9a06dc9ec 100644 --- a/rss.xml +++ b/rss.xml @@ -8,11 +8,79 @@ The White House Briefing Room - Wed, 25 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0400 + Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:30:00 -0400 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/ + + + Memorandum on the Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) and Section 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 + + + https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2024/09/25/memorandum-on-the-delegation-of-authority-under-section-506a1-and-section-614a1-of-the-foreign-assistance-act-of-1961-5/ + + + Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:30:00 -0400 + + + https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2024/09/25/memorandum-on-the-delegation-of-authority-under-section-506a1-and-section-614a1-of-the-foreign-assistance-act-of-1961-5/ + + + legislation + + + + + Joint Declaration of Support for Recovery and Reconstruction of Ukraine + + + https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/25/joint-declaration-of-support-for-recovery-and-reconstruction-of-ukraine/ + + + Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:09:31 -0400 + + + https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/25/joint-declaration-of-support-for-recovery-and-reconstruction-of-ukraine/ + + + statements-releases + + + + + Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi at the Yale Club of New York City on the Biden-⁠Harris Administration’s Progress in Accelerating Clean Manufacturing + + + https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/09/25/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-national-climate-advisor-ali-zaidi-at-the-yale-club-of-new-york-city-on-the-biden-harris-administrations-progress-in-accelerating-clean-manufacturing/ + + + Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:33:03 -0400 + + + https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/09/25/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-national-climate-advisor-ali-zaidi-at-the-yale-club-of-new-york-city-on-the-biden-harris-administrations-progress-in-accelerating-clean-manufacturing/ + + + speeches-remarks + + + + + Remarks by President Biden and General Secretary Tô Lâm of Vietnam Before Bilateral Meeting | New York, NY + + + https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/09/25/remarks-by-president-biden-and-general-secretary-to-lam-of-vietnam-before-bilateral-meeting-new-york-ny/ + + + Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:22:00 -0400 + + + https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/09/25/remarks-by-president-biden-and-general-secretary-to-lam-of-vietnam-before-bilateral-meeting-new-york-ny/ + + + speeches-remarks + + FACT SHEET: During Climate Week, Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces Continued Progress on the American Climate Corps @@ -455,73 +523,5 @@ speeches-remarks </category> </item> - <item> - <title> - Readout of Vice President Harris’s Meeting with His Highness President Mohamed bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates - - - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/23/readout-of-vice-president-harriss-meeting-with-his-highness-president-mohamed-bin-zayed-of-the-united-arab-emirates/ - - - Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:57:03 -0400 - - - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/23/readout-of-vice-president-harriss-meeting-with-his-highness-president-mohamed-bin-zayed-of-the-united-arab-emirates/ - - - statements-releases - - - - - White House Press Call by Senior Adviser to the President and Director of Communications Ben LaBolt, National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi, and Senior Adviser to the President for International Climate Policy John Podesta Previewing Climate Week Speech - - - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2024/09/23/white-house-press-call-by-senior-adviser-to-the-president-and-director-of-communications-ben-labolt-national-climate-adviser-ali-zaidi-and-senior-adviser-to-the-president-for-international-climate-p/ - - - Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:45:12 -0400 - - - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2024/09/23/white-house-press-call-by-senior-adviser-to-the-president-and-director-of-communications-ben-labolt-national-climate-adviser-ali-zaidi-and-senior-adviser-to-the-president-for-international-climate-p/ - - - press-briefings - - - - - FACT SHEET: Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation Ministerial - - - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/23/fact-sheet-partnership-for-atlantic-cooperation-ministerial/ - - - Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:33:39 -0400 - - - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/23/fact-sheet-partnership-for-atlantic-cooperation-ministerial/ - - - statements-releases - - - - - Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by First Lady Jill Biden at the United Nations General Assembly’s Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen - - - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/09/23/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-first-lady-jill-biden-at-the-united-nations-general-assemblys-summit-of-first-ladies-and-gentlemen/ - - - Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:23:32 -0400 - - - https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/09/23/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-first-lady-jill-biden-at-the-united-nations-general-assemblys-summit-of-first-ladies-and-gentlemen/ - - - speeches-remarks - - diff --git a/speeches-remarks/2024-09/2024-09-25-remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-national-climate-advisor-ali-zaidi-at-the-yale-club-of-new-york-city-on-the-biden-harris-administrations-progress-in-accelerating-clean-manufacturing.md b/speeches-remarks/2024-09/2024-09-25-remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-national-climate-advisor-ali-zaidi-at-the-yale-club-of-new-york-city-on-the-biden-harris-administrations-progress-in-accelerating-clean-manufacturing.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cdd617130 --- /dev/null +++ b/speeches-remarks/2024-09/2024-09-25-remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-national-climate-advisor-ali-zaidi-at-the-yale-club-of-new-york-city-on-the-biden-harris-administrations-progress-in-accelerating-clean-manufacturing.md @@ -0,0 +1,251 @@ +--- +date: '2024-09-25' +modified_time: 2024-09-25 16:33:04-04:00 +published_time: 2024-09-25 16:33:03-04:00 +source_url: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/09/25/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-national-climate-advisor-ali-zaidi-at-the-yale-club-of-new-york-city-on-the-biden-harris-administrations-progress-in-accelerating-clean-manufacturing/ +tags: speeches-remarks +title: "Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi at\ + \ the Yale Club of New York City on the Biden-\u2060Harris Administration\u2019\ + s Progress in Accelerating Clean Manufacturing" +--- + +Today, we stand together to lift up and reflect on the progress we are +making as a nation – progress propelled by the hard work of the American +people, endowed with the inventiveness to imagine a better future and +inspired with the willingness to roll up our sleeves and build it. + +Over the last few years, we have come together around this hopeful +calling – united in this important task at this important time. We are +building back not only from an awful economic crisis, but also from +decades of underinvestment in our infrastructure, our communities, and +our industrial strength – truly, an underinvestment in America. + +So many times, each of us has driven by that idled factory or blighted +plot, some place where the loss of opportunity is fenced in and the +chance for a comeback seemingly fenced out. These are monuments to +underinvestment and a failed economic policy that promised prosperity +will just trickle down – but never delivered. + +Fortunately, if we invest in America, there is a better way forward. + +Under President Biden and Vice President Harris’s leadership, that is +exactly where we are headed – bringing down the barriers to economic +opportunity, lowering costs for American families, and, in just three +and a half years, creating 16 million jobs with rising wages and with +unemployment at its lowest level in 50 years. + +We see the bet on America’s promise, our potential and possibilities, +paying off as we reclaim the lead in the global race on clean energy and +in the interconnected fight against the pollution that fuels the climate +crisis. + +And we see that bet paying off as we find solutions to what felt like +unsolvable problems. + +Today, finally, America is leading in the race to innovate the +technologies needed to tackle climate pollution in the industrial +sector. + +The largest source of global climate pollution and the source of about +30 percent of U.S. climate pollution, the industrial sector has long +been considered “hard to decarbonize.” + +But we’re changing the game. To meet our climate goals, we are +innovating and modernizing the way we make steel, aluminum, cement, and +other bedrock materials of our economy. + +The transformation is underway, and not by accident. The Biden-Harris +Administration has deployed all tools in its policy toolbox to expand +clean manufacturing. Buoyed by this support, American manufacturers and +workers are stepping up. + +Yet, as they reach for scale, their efforts have found some critical +scaffolding missing – an inability to measure progress. + +The U.S. government lacks a comprehensive emissions intensity +measurement system. That has been an inhibitor. + +Today, we are making progress to help fill that gap – to build the data +infrastructure we need to drive forward our clean manufacturing +strategy. + +We are launching a new and critical effort at the Department of Energy – +a pilot program that will offer data tools to track and accelerate +reductions in industrial emissions, and to ensure that clean +manufacturing remains competitive. + +It is a meaningful move to build not just a foundation, but a launch pad +for our ambition in this space. + +Before offering more details on this data effort, let me describe how +this data puzzle piece fits into our broader clean manufacturing +strategy. + +To fuel today’s industrial transformation, the Biden-Harris +Administration is currently deploying the largest investment in clean +manufacturing in U.S. history. + +These investments are supporting game-changing projects that transform +how we manufacture materials that form the backbone of our economy. + +A couple of projects will make the U.S. one of the first nations in the +world to convert clean hydrogen into clean steel. + +One project will build a new clean aluminum smelter – the first primary +aluminum smelter to be built in the U.S. in 45 years – which will avoid +about 75 percent of the emissions of a conventional facility. + +Other projects will virtually eliminate the emissions associated with +making cement – a millennia-old process that is responsible for about 8 +percent of global, human-caused carbon emissions. + +Meanwhile, we’re pairing this supply push with a demand pull. We’re +working to ensure that there’s a market on the other end of these +investments for the clean steel and cement that’s produced. + +Buy Clean, a flagship initiative of the Biden-Harris Administration, +leverages the U.S. government’s sway as the largest purchaser on Earth +to spur demand for low-emissions construction materials. When the +government buys steel for federal buildings or concrete for highways, +Buy Clean ensures that we support businesses that are investing in clean +production. + +Right now, agencies are deploying more than $4 billion under Buy Clean +to support government purchases of low-emissions materials. And we’ve +recruited a dozen states to do the same, harnessing the power of their +procurement as a spur for innovation and scale. + +As we invest in clean manufacturing, we are reminded of the importance +to not let unfair trade undercut this industrial transformation. + +For too long, trade policies that ignore climate change have +incentivized a shift in energy-intensive manufacturing to countries with +lower standards and higher climate pollution. + +We need to level the playing field, and we need to level it up. + +Take a look at aluminum. The U.S. used to be the world’s biggest +producer of aluminum. Many of our aluminum smelters were powered by +clean hydropower. But starting in the 1990s, smelter after smelter +closed down under divestment and unfair trade. Each closure spelled lost +jobs for workers and lost tax revenue for industrial communities. Today, +we have only four primary aluminum smelters left in the country – four. +  + +As U.S. production declined, production in China rose to take its place, +driven in part by China’s non-market policies. Today, more than half of +the world’s aluminum is made in China. That’s an industrial +competitiveness problem. It’s also a climate problem. Because the +average ton of aluminum made in China is 65 percent more +emissions-intensive than in the U.S. + +This race to the bottom has undercut our climate goals, the +competitiveness of clean manufacturers, and the good jobs they offer to +industrial workers and communities. + +Our workers and communities deserve a race to the top – one that +supports climate action across borders while buttressing our investments +to expand clean manufacturing at home. + +That is why earlier this year we created the new White House Task Force +on Climate, Trade, and Industrial Competitiveness. To develop tools and +approaches that will help close the climate loophole in our trade +policies. To ensure a level playing field for our clean manufacturers +and workers. To accelerate industrial decarbonization globally. + +We want to work with trade partners, Congress, and industry, labor, and +environmental stakeholders to help build a new trade framework that +actually rewards clean manufacturing. + +The Task Force is taking a strategic, cross-governmental approach, +building on decades of research and policy expertise. The work of the +Task Force includes: identifying and developing data and methodologies +for measuring the emissions intensity of traded goods; identifying +opportunities to accelerate industrial decarbonization in +emissions-intensive, trade exposed sectors; exploring a broad set of +potential climate and trade policy options that help us achieve both our +domestic and international climate goals; and coordinating engagement +with key stakeholders, Congress, and trading partners. + +The Task Force is working with like-minded trade partners and allies at +all levels of development to develop compatible approaches that foster a +level playing field, incentivize industrial decarbonization, reduce the +emissions embodied in traded goods, and ensure developing countries have +the opportunity and capacity to participate in this low-carbon trade +system. + +We are engaging with them as they pursue similar efforts, including on +questions of data and methodologies, administrability, and policy +design. We seek to build a fair and compatible framework for supporting +and rewarding clean manufacturing, not a patchwork of divergent +approaches. + +Data is one area that has been a priority for us – an area we see as +primed for progress. Reliable, transparent emissions intensity data is +the foundation of effective climate-aligned trade policies. As you know, +part of the work of our Task Force is to help ensure that we have +credible, robust, and granular data for climate and trade policies. + +In addition, as we invest billions in new, emissions-cutting +technologies for manufacturing, policymakers and manufacturers need +reliable estimates of how quickly we’re reducing the emissions intensity +of essential materials. + +So do the buyers of these materials. Global demand is rising for steel, +aluminum, cement, and other materials that are made with a low level of +emissions. New climate-focused trade policies around the world, national +green procurement efforts such as Buy Clean, industry commitments, and +consumer preferences are all driving this rising demand for clean +manufacturing. + +As the market for clean manufacturing grows, the United States, our +trading partners, and consumers need an accurate and transparent system +for measuring the emissions intensity of energy-intensive industrial +products. + +So far, the United States has not had a comprehensive emissions +intensity measurement system. + +But today we can report progress to help fill in this missing puzzle +piece. The pilot program that the Department of Energy is announcing +today will help coordinate data sources across the federal government to +assemble rigorous, timely, and accurate emissions intensity statistics. + +These metrics will support our climate and clean manufacturing goals +alike. An accurate, whole-of-government emissions intensity framework +will help to incentivize further reductions in industrial emissions and +support the competitiveness of clean manufacturing as the emissions +intensity of traded goods becomes increasingly important. + +The White House Task Force on Climate, Trade, and Industrial +Competitiveness looks forward to continued work with Congress and +industry, labor unions, environmental advocates, and academic +stakeholders to develop the data infrastructure we need. In fact, we +will be following up today’s announcement with a webinar laying out more +details and drawing our stakeholders in to be even closer thought +partners. + +Critically, we also look forward to continued work with trade partners +to explore compatible, coordinated approaches to emissions intensity +data so we can avoid a patchwork of divergent approaches. + +With solid data, we can accelerate the Biden-Harris Administration’s +comprehensive clean manufacturing strategy – an interlocking mix of +investment, procurement, and trade policies to tackle a major source of +climate pollution while boosting a major source of good jobs. + +Working together, we can win the industrial transformation we need for a +livable climate and a more equitable economy. We can launch the race to +the top that our workers and communities deserve. + +The promise is what I saw last year in Toledo, Ohio. What was once a +brownfield is now the site of a new manufacturing plant, where union +steel workers are forging a cleaner product than what we used to import +from overseas. The Hot Briquetted Iron from that Cleveland Cliffs +factory is the start of a supply chain critical to U.S. automotive +manufacturing – for UAW workers an hour away in Michigan making next +generation vehicles and helping America lead that global industry. This +is the real promise: not just steel in the ground, but steel in the +spine of the American middle class. A real chance to win the future. + +\### diff --git a/speeches-remarks/2024-09/2024-09-25-remarks-by-president-biden-and-general-secretary-to-lam-of-vietnam-before-bilateral-meeting-new-york-ny.md b/speeches-remarks/2024-09/2024-09-25-remarks-by-president-biden-and-general-secretary-to-lam-of-vietnam-before-bilateral-meeting-new-york-ny.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fe72b800b --- /dev/null +++ b/speeches-remarks/2024-09/2024-09-25-remarks-by-president-biden-and-general-secretary-to-lam-of-vietnam-before-bilateral-meeting-new-york-ny.md @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +--- +date: '2024-09-25' +modified_time: 2024-09-25 17:16:23-04:00 +published_time: 2024-09-25 14:22:00-04:00 +source_url: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/09/25/remarks-by-president-biden-and-general-secretary-to-lam-of-vietnam-before-bilateral-meeting-new-york-ny/ +tags: speeches-remarks +title: "Remarks by President\_Biden and General Secretary T\xF4 L\xE2m of Vietnam\ + \ Before Bilateral Meeting | New York,\_NY" +--- + +InterContinental New York Barclay +New York, New York + +2:17 P.M. EDT + +PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Well, General Secretary, it’s great to see you again, +have you here in the United States.  We appreciate it. + +Is this simultaneous interpretation? + +One year ago, in Hanoi, we began a new era of relations with Vietnam and +the United States, and we elevated our partnership to the highest level +as possible.  Since then, we’ve been — I’ve been very proud of the +progress we’ve made. + +First of all, we made historic investments in semiconductors and supply +chains.  And I want to note this was made possible through our CHIPS and +Science Act here at home. + +Second, we launched unprecedented cooperation on cybersecurity. + +And third, we stood united building a more open and secure Indian Ocean +committed to freedom of navigation and the rule of law. + +And finally, we continue our pathbreaking work to heal the wounds of +war.  I’m proud that we, the United States, have committed $215 million +to complete the detox — the tox- — the detox remediation, as well as — +as we have many more things to do as well. + +Secretary General, as I — or General Secretary, I should say — I +suggested at the U.N. address, there’s nothing beyond our capacity when +we work together.  So, we welcome you all and looking forward to our +conversation. + +The floor is yours. + +GENERAL SECRETARY LÂM:  (As interpreted.)  It’s a great pleasure to meet +with you again, Mr. President.  Well, this is the third time we met.  As +the Vietnamese proverb says, “It feels like a destined encounter.” + +First, on behalf of the party, the state, and people of Vietnam and the +family of the late General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng, I wish to convey +our heartfelt gratitude to you, Mr. President, for your sincere +condolences on his passing and thank you for dispatching State Secretary +Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to pay their +respects. + +We deeply value the warm regards from the United States and from you +personally, President Biden, towards late General Secretary Nguyễn Phú +Trọng.  And even during his lifetime, the late general secretary often +spoke of you with fond memories and sincere appreciation. + +His historic visit to the U.S. in 2015 followed by your visit to Vietnam +in September last year were historic milestones and have significantly +advanced the growth of the Vietnam-U.S. relations, resulting in a higher +level of the relations that we enjoy today. + +We appreciate very much your liking towards Vietnam, and your historic +contributions have been pivotal in elevating our bilateral relations to +the comprehensive strategic partnership as we enjoy today.  + +Thank you very much, once again, Mr. President. + +PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Thank you.  And, again, welcome.  And welcome to all +of you.  + +Thank you. + +2:22 P.M. EDT diff --git a/statements-releases/2024-09/2024-09-25-joint-declaration-of-support-for-recovery-and-reconstruction-of-ukraine.md b/statements-releases/2024-09/2024-09-25-joint-declaration-of-support-for-recovery-and-reconstruction-of-ukraine.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1f1c522ce --- /dev/null +++ b/statements-releases/2024-09/2024-09-25-joint-declaration-of-support-for-recovery-and-reconstruction-of-ukraine.md @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +--- +date: '2024-09-25' +published_time: 2024-09-25 17:09:31-04:00 +source_url: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/25/joint-declaration-of-support-for-recovery-and-reconstruction-of-ukraine/ +tags: statements-releases +title: "Joint Declaration of Support for Recovery and Reconstruction of\_Ukraine" +--- + +We, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), reaffirm our unwavering +support for Ukraine today and in the future, in war and in peace. As +stated in the Apulia-G7 Leaders’ Communiqué, together with international +partners, we remain determined to provide military, budget, +humanitarian, and reconstruction support to Ukraine and its people and +are strongly committed to helping Ukraine meet its urgent short-term +financing needs and to assisting with Ukraine’s long-term recovery and +reconstruction. + +We dispel any false notion that time is on Russia’s side or that Russia +can prevail by causing Ukraine to fail economically. Russia’s war of +aggression has wrought tremendous damage upon Ukrainian cities and +infrastructure. Today, we reaffirm a series of commitments to counter +its effects. + +First, Russia’s responsibility under international law to pay for the +damage it is causing is clear. We reaffirm that, consistent with all +applicable laws and our respective legal systems, Russia’s sovereign +assets in our jurisdictions will remain immobilized until Russia ends +its aggression and pays for the damage it has caused to Ukraine. + +Second, we commit to use our economic assistance to ensure Ukraine +maintains macro-financial stability, to repair and build critical +infrastructure including in the energy sector, to boost economic growth, +to support social resilience as well as the implementation of priority +reforms. These include improving the business climate, strengthening +anti-corruption efforts, implementing the justice system reform and +promoting of the rule of law within the context of the EU accession +process. We will also support Ukraine to ensure rapid and transparent +absorption of donor financing. + +Third we are continuing our joint work to implement the decision made at +the G7 Summit in Apulia to launch Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration +(ERA) Loans for Ukraine by the end of the year, in order to make +available approximately USD 50 billion in additional funding to Ukraine. +The loans will be serviced and repaid by the future flows of +extraordinary revenues stemming from the immobilization of Russian +sovereign assets held in the European Union and other relevant +jurisdictions. Part of these funds will be directed to military +assistance to Ukraine. We will maintain solidarity in our commitment to +providing this support to Ukraine. + +Fourth, we will continue to pursue our vision also by strategizing, +coordinating and steering our support for Ukraine’s economic recovery +and reconstruction through the Ukraine Donor Platform. This will include +catalyzing private sector contributions as well as leveraging bilateral, +European Union, and international financial institution funding, and +encouraging Ukraine’s reform agenda in view of the country’s accession +path to the EU. We will continue to support Ukraine’s human capital +through our ongoing response to humanitarian needs and social +protection. + +Finally, we will continue to assess and monitor progress on these +commitments through Ukraine Donor Platform meetings and the annual +Ukraine Recovery Conference, the next edition of which will be hosted by +Italy in 2025. + +In order to implement the above-mentioned commitments,we will each work +to provideUkraine withspecific, bilateral support aligned with this +joint declaration and with the bilateral security agreements and +arrangements that have been negotiated and signed with Ukraine. + +For its part, Ukraine is committed to implementing its economic, +judiciary, anti-corruption, corporate governance, defense, public +administration, public investment management and law enforcement +reforms. These reforms are necessary and will be vital to enabling +long-term support for Ukrainian reconstruction and recovery. + +Our message is clear: we remain committed to the strategic objective of +a free, independent, democratic and sovereign Ukraine, within its +internationally recognized borders, that is prosperous and able to +defend itself. We highlight the importance of an inclusive and +gender-responsive recovery and the need to address the different needs +of women, children and disabled persons as well as other population +groups who have been disproportionately affected by Russia’s war of +aggression. Through our collective support for Ukrainian reconstruction +and recovery, we will ensure that Russia fails in its objectives to +subjugate Ukraine – and that Ukraine emerges from Russia’s war of +aggression with a modernized, vibrant, inclusive society and innovative +economy, resilient to Russian threats. Other countries that wish to +contribute to this effort in support of Ukraine’s long-term +reconstruction and recovery may join this Joint Declaration at any time. + +\###