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+date: '2024-12-07'
+modified_time: 2024-12-07 04:23:13-05:00
+published_time: 2024-12-07 04:23:12-05:00
+source_url: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/12/07/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-first-lady-jill-biden-at-the-2024-doha-forum/
+tags: speeches-remarks
+title: "Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by First Lady Jill\_Biden at the 2024 Doha\_\
+  Forum"
+---
+
+Doha, Qatar
+
+Good morning.
+
+Your Highness: It is an honor to be here with you. I have been
+overwhelmed by the generosity and warm welcome you and the people of
+Qatar have shown me on my visit. On behalf of my husband, President
+Biden, thank you for your leadership as Qatar continues to play a vital
+role in this region—and the world.
+
+And I’m glad to be with so many heads of state and leaders from across
+the globe here in Doha.
+
+Yesterday, I visited the Qatar Foundation, which has a magnificent view
+of Education City. Looking out at all of those world-renowned learning
+institutions, I thought of the incredible minds, cultures, and ideas
+coming together.
+
+I appreciate Her Highness Sheikha Moza’s leadership in an area we both
+deeply care about: education.
+
+As First Lady, I continue to teach writing at a community college, and
+in my classes, we talk about how stories shape our world.
+
+The stories we tell can divide us. They can isolate us, and make us
+fearful.
+
+But stories can also help us feel more connected to one another and
+inspire us to join hands in creating a better future.
+
+That’s the story unfolding on the campus of Weill Cornell Medicine here
+in Qatar.
+
+Innovation through cooperation.
+
+Yesterday, I met a medical student who is studying why the risk of
+ovarian cancer goes up with a particular gene mutation. Another student
+is designing a surgical device that can clean the lens of a camera
+during an operation—without removing it from the patient’s body. That
+will make surgeries more precise.
+
+It’s promising work.
+
+But what fills me with even more hope is meeting the people who are
+powering those discoveries.
+
+Students from Qatar—and countries from all around the world—at an
+American academic institution, located here in Doha, uncovering health
+breakthroughs that have the potential to improve people’s lives in this
+region and globally.
+
+This year’s Doha Forum is focused on the “innovation imperative.”
+
+I believe the first imperative for innovation is cooperation—people of
+all backgrounds and expertise working side by side, creating something
+better than we ever could alone.
+
+As First Lady of the United States, I’ve had the opportunity to travel
+the world. From Japan to Ecuador. From Namibia to Ukraine.
+
+Everywhere I go, I’m reminded that our differences are precious—and our
+similarities infinite.
+
+Still, on those trips, there have been some who ask me why: Why visit a
+drought in Africa? Why meet with Wounded Warriors in the United Kingdom?
+Why visit refugees in Romania?
+
+But if we were reminded of anything, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is
+this: diseases do not recognize borders. Neither does hunger, poverty,
+or violence.
+
+We are all connected.
+
+Even when times are tough, we share a responsibility to come together.
+And whether it’s fighting disease or working for peace in this region,
+we must bridge divides so that all people may live with dignity and
+security.
+
+President Biden—my husband, Joe—understands that there isn’t one leader,
+one government, or one country that can go it alone, not in a world as
+inter-woven as ours.
+
+The world’s challenges aren’t only ours to endure together. They are
+ours to solve together.
+
+That can be this generation’s story, one of cooperation, understanding,
+and opportunity.
+
+Consider climate change. The consequences of extreme heat, droughts,
+melting glaciers, and typhoons reverberate around the world.
+
+But so too could new technologies with the power to reduce carbon
+emissions, address water scarcity, and make communities more resilient.
+
+It will take all of us—committing to change, sharing our best ideas, and
+creating innovations that reach everyone—just as fast and as far as any
+wildfire or ocean wave.
+
+Another area that’s ready for more innovation is in women’s health
+research.
+
+Globally, women tend to live longer than men, but we spend almost 25
+percent more time in poor health. 
+
+Innovations are happening all around the world to close that health gap.
+Imagine a blood test—the first of its kind—that can reduce the time it
+takes for women to get a diagnosis for a debilitating disease like
+endometriosis. Or think about the benefits of uncovering why Alzheimer’s
+is more common in women.
+
+This work isn’t just up to scientists and researchers. Governments,
+academia, the private sector, and NGOs all have to coordinate to make
+sure the benefits of innovative research reach the people who need
+them. 
+
+Your Highness: I am here in Doha as part of my final foreign trip as the
+First Lady of the United States.
+
+In the coming months and years, I will continue to help close the gaps
+in women’s health research. And the leaders in this room will always
+have a partner in me to move forward life-saving and world-changing
+innovations that improve our world.
+
+The imperative to join together is not our burden.
+
+It is our opportunity.
+
+So let us build strong partnerships and innovate our way to better
+health, opportunity, and prosperity—for all.
+
+A brighter world can be our story to tell.
+
+Let’s write it, together.
+
+\###