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It’s Tuesday…

President Biden’s public schedule for 09/19/2023:

8:00 AM
Presidential Daily Briefing		The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
InterContinental Barclay, New York Closed Press
9:00 AMOut-of-Town Pool Call Time
InterContinental Barclay, New York Out-of-Town Pool
10:00 AM
Remarks		The President delivers remarks before the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Closed Press
11:10 AM
Greetings		The President participates in a greet with the U.N. General Assembly President Dennis Francis of Trinidad and Tobago
United Nations Out-of-Town Pool
11:25 AM
Greetings and Guest Book Signing		The President participates in a greet and guest book signing with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
United Nations Closed Press
11:30 AM
Participates in a Meeting		The President participates in a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
United Nations Closed Press
1:45 PM
Hosts a Meeting		The President hosts a meeting of the Central Asia 5 + 1
United States Permanent Mission to the United Nations Out-of-Town Pool Spray
7:15 PM
Leader’s Reception		The President and The First Lady host the Leader’s Reception
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Closed Press

UN General Assembly Tweets

From Monday…

The White House tweets are a look back at last years General Assembly…

From the White House…

Declaration on Atlantic Cooperation (09/18/2023):

The text of the following declaration was released by the Governments of Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Canada, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Iceland, Ireland, Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, the Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Spain, Togo, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay at the Ministerial for Atlantic Cooperation on September 18, 2023.

White House.gov. 09/18/2023.

1.  We, as States bordering the Atlantic Ocean, share a commitment to a peaceful, stable, prosperous, open, safe, cooperative Atlantic region and to conserve a healthy, sustainable, and resilient resource for generations to come.  Building on the Joint Statement on Atlantic Cooperation issued in New York on September 20, 2022, we welcome the opportunity to establish these guiding principles, which represent our governments’ commitment to accomplish our shared goals.

2.  We recognize that the Atlantic Ocean connects us and is an important resource for our present and future development, health, and well-being and offers untapped economic potential, from natural resources to new technologies.  The Atlantic Ocean regulates our climate, is a vital source of food and energy, is essential for trade and livelihoods, and connects us culturally.  The Atlantic Ocean also connects us in the face of challenges such as piracy, transnational organized crime, narcotics trafficking, as well as illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, climate change, natural disasters, pollution, and environmental degradation, which pose a threat to our well-being, livelihoods, and the sustainable ocean economy.  Thus, we share a commitment to cooperate and coordinate our efforts to achieve peace, stability, prosperity, and sustainability. 

3.  No country alone can solve the cross-boundary challenges in the Atlantic region or fully address the opportunities before us.  Atlantic States have a special interest and primary role in the Atlantic.  We understand that the manifold interdependencies between Atlantic States and the interconnected nature of many of the challenges we face make clear the need for deeper collaboration and integration and a commitment to multilateralism in our efforts to work together toward common goals. 

4.  We are committed to international law, and a stronger, inclusive, representative, and effective multilateralism, with the UN Charter at its core as the foundation of our efforts.  We acknowledge the importance of existing national and international legal frameworks, and we reaffirm that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea sets out the legal framework that governs all activities in the ocean and the seas. 

5.  We seek to open a new chapter in advancing regional cooperation to build shared solutions and capacity to address Atlantic challenges, representing the interconnected approach to prosperity, safety, stability, and sustainability.  We will advance cooperation to realize an Atlantic Ocean that is sustainable, healthy, safe, productive, and biologically diverse, linking resilient and prosperous coastal communities, and supporting sustainable economic growth and social inclusion for Atlantic States.

6.  Similarly, we will advance cooperation to realize the opportunities offered in the sustainable ocean economy – recognizing that sustainable use of ocean resources provides the foundation for fair and equitable economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, and ensuring the health of marine and coastal ecosystems.   We will work to ensure the ocean continues to sustainably support our livelihoods, from food for growing populations to the conduct of global commerce, both now and for future generations.  We recognize that there is no sustainable development without a serious commitment to promote development, build capacity, and alleviate poverty in developing countries.

7.  We acknowledge the vital importance of the transfer of technology on voluntary and mutually agreed terms as a critically important means to bolster development, create jobs and income, support livelihoods, promote human health, and bridge the technological gap among nations.

8.  We will work together to address the challenges of climate change, natural disasters, and environmental degradation, collaborating on science-based, innovative solutions to advance our shared goals, including averting, minimizing, and addressing loss and damage; building climate resilience; promoting the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity and marine ecosystems; mitigating marine pollution, including plastic pollution and underwater noise; and protecting human health. 

9.  We reaffirm our commitment to uphold international law, including the UN Charter, and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, to promote an open Atlantic in which Atlantic States are free from interference, coercion, or aggressive action.  We commit to uphold the principles of sovereign equality, territorial integrity, political independence of States, and the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means and the purpose to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights, and self-determination of peoples.  We seek to promote the Atlantic as a place of peace, stability, prosperity, and cooperation.

10.  We emphasize the centrality of coordination, cooperation, and complementarity in our work, embrace solidarity of purpose, support diversity, enable increased capacity, strive for inclusion, equity and mutual benefit, and avoid duplication and fragmentation of effort.

11.  We are determined to establish and strengthen collaborative action on specific topics where cooperation from the entire Atlantic evolves at the pace partners deem appropriate, is centered on their needs, and is mutually beneficial.  We will prioritize actions that yield concrete benefits for Atlantic States and are better addressed with actions encompassing both the north and south Atlantic States, taking into account the different capabilities, vulnerabilities, and realities of States bordering the Atlantic Ocean.

12.  We aim to build on existing initiatives and actively support their work in bringing all Atlantic States together to play an equal part in shaping our common future, including recognizing valuable work of and improving collaboration and coordination with the existing organizations and initiatives focused specifically on strengthening Atlantic cooperation, including the Zone of Peace and Cooperation in the South Atlantic, the Yaoundé Architecture for Maritime Security (YAMS), the Atlantic Centre, the Air Centre, the African Atlantic States Process (AASP), the All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance (AAORIA), as well as the additional work underway on a global level, such as the UN SDGs/2030 Agenda, the Global Biodiversity Framework, the agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ), the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, and others. 

13.  As a demonstration of these cooperative relationships and our commitment to achieving our common goals in the region, we join together to establish a forum and adopt the annexed Plan of Action.  This forum, the Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation, will provide a means to promote cooperation and interaction exclusively on science and technology and sustainable economic development among Atlantic States in a spirit of inclusivity, trust, mutual understanding, and respect.  The Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation will not deal with matters related to defense, security, and governance. Participation will be voluntary and open to the States bordering the Atlantic Ocean that endorse the goals and principles as embodied in the September 20, 2022 Joint Statement on Atlantic Cooperation and this Declaration.  Decisions will be made by consensus and be based on a commitment to open dialogue and consensus-building, with equal respect for the views of all participants and for the unique characteristics of the South Atlantic, which is a zone of peace and cooperation.[1]  We intend to meet as appropriate to promote such cooperation.  Participating Atlantic States will determine arrangements for organizing the work of this forum, including implementing the Plan of Action, as needed.   

14.  This Declaration and the annexed Plan of Action represent the political commitments of the participants and are not an international agreement. 

Annex:  Plan of Action

1.  Through the adoption of a Declaration, the Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation provides a forum to promote cooperation and interaction among States bordering the Atlantic Ocean and to uphold principles for Atlantic cooperation.  Its work will proceed at both a high level for strategic policy and at the expert level to advance specific issues, with actions taken by States individually, in smaller groups, or by the entire group.  
 
2.  Participating Atlantic States plan to cooperate on activities that would i) yield concrete benefits for Atlantic States; ii) promote the involvement and support of a maximum number of Atlantic States; iii) would be better addressed with resources and actions encompassing northern and southern Atlantic States; and iv) add value to, enhance, or broaden the scope of other initiatives, where they exist, to avoid duplication of effort.
 
3.  Participating Atlantic States identified the following initial topic area for its work:
Promoting greater scientific cooperation by sharing information, building capacity, and increasing access to technology on voluntary and mutually agreed terms.
 
Within this broad topic area, work could include: 
 
A.  Scientific cooperation and shared research and environmental observations and ocean data:

  • Promote science and technology cooperation, including data sharing and sharing of best practices, on coastal ecosystems, marine plastic pollution, Sargassum, estuarine invasive weeds, prevention and response to ocean-related environmental disasters, and food security, taking into account the needs of coastal communities.
  • Expand and broaden participation in select AAORIA activities.
  • Strengthen forecasting and early warning capabilities, particularly regarding severe weather events.

B.  Information and maritime awareness

  • Identify the most critical gaps in capacity and technology.
  • Increase access to maritime domain awareness technology, including the transfer of know-how and technology on voluntary and mutually agreed terms.

C.  Cadre of young Atlantic scientists

  • Establish a scholarship and exchange program to foster excellence and to build ties among the next generation of scientists.

4.  Participation in this initiative is voluntary and will take into account the different capabilities, vulnerabilities, and realities of Atlantic States.  Any participating State can propose a topic for a working group.  Participation in working groups is voluntary.  Those States that wish to participate in a working group will designate focal points.  Working groups will be responsible for convening participants, developing a workplan and timeline, and ensuring the activity is developed in close coordination with existing initiatives.  Working groups may invite external partners, including academics, civil society, philanthropies, and the private sector, to contribute as observers, subject to consensus of the group.  All decisions in and about working groups should be made by consensus.  As determined by participants, working groups will regularly report progress and recommendations to Ministers to monitor implementation, ensure coordination, and mobilize the necessary resources.   

5.  Anticipated next steps will include:

  • Inviting participating Atlantic States to identify focal points to participate in topic-focused working groups.
  • Convening working groups to scope the issue and determine next steps.
  • Convening a Senior Officials Meeting in November 2023.

[1] Recalling Resolutions A/RES/41/11, A/RES/49/26, and other relevant UN General Assembly resolutions regarding the Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic.

White House.gov. 09/18/2023.

FACT SHEET: 32 Countries Launch the Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation (08/18/2023):

Thirty-two coastal Atlantic countries across four continents adopted a Declaration on Atlantic Cooperation launching the Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation today on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. This new multilateral forum brings together an unprecedented number of coastal Atlantic countries across Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and the Caribbean.

This Partnership is the first grouping to span both the North and South Atlantic and address a broad range of issues, from economic development to environmental protection to science and technology. It is also the first time that so many Atlantic countries have come together to establish a forum through which we can work together on a more regular basis and to lay down, via the Declaration, a set of shared principles for the Atlantic region, such as a commitment to an open Atlantic free from interference, coercion, or aggressive action. This Declaration builds on last year’s Joint Statement on Atlantic Cooperation, which started a process to explore deeper cooperation in the region. Today’s launch is the product of that process and intensive diplomacy by the White House and the State Department.

Coastal Atlantic countries share direct and interconnected interests in the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean is the world’s most heavily traveled ocean with critical trade routes and global energy reserves. The World Bank estimates that the ocean contributes $1.5 trillion annually to the global economy—and expects this figure to double by 2030. Sustainable ocean economy sectors are estimated to generate almost 50 million jobs in Africa and to contribute $21 billion to Latin American GDP. Meanwhile, challenges like illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing; natural disasters; and illicit trafficking threaten this economy. We recognize that no country alone can solve the cross-boundary challenges in the Atlantic region or fully address the opportunities before us.

The Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation seeks to usher in a new chapter in regional cooperation, forging deeper connections across Atlantic countries on four continents. The purpose of the Partnership is twofold: (1) to enable Atlantic countries to expand cooperation on a range of shared goals and (2) to uphold a set of shared principles for Atlantic cooperation.

The Partnership will give our countries a new platform to work together on issues such as science and technology, sustainable ocean economy, and climate change. Participating countries also endorsed a Plan of Action outlining the first phase of work this new grouping will undertake, including scientific cooperation and shared research, information and maritime awareness, and development of a cadre of young Atlantic scientists. The Partnership will convene regularly and establish working groups to carry out this work. To the greatest extent possible, the Partnership will collaborate with and build on existing regional initiatives.

The Partnership’s members will also work together to uphold the guiding principles for Atlantic cooperation outlined in the Declaration. This includes:

White House.gov. 09/18/2023.
  • A commitment to uphold international law, including the UN Charter, to promote an open Atlantic in which Atlantic states are free from interference, coercion, or aggressive action
  • A commitment to uphold the principles of sovereign equality, territorial integrity, and political independence of states, among others
  • Recognition of the special interest and primary role that Atlantic states have in the Atlantic

Participating Countries: The following countries came together to endorse the Declaration on Atlantic Cooperation and the Plan of Action and to launch the Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation: Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Canada, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Iceland, Ireland, Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, the Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Spain, Togo, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay.

White House.gov. 09/18/2023.

Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials to Preview the President’s Engagements at UNGA (08/19/2023):

SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL 1:

 Thank you.  Good afternoon.  Well, as you all know, this week world leaders are convening in New York for the opening of the 78th session of the U.N. General Assembly.  President Biden is in New York and will be here through Wednesday. 

I’m here to give an overview of the President’s message he is bringing to the General Assembly.  I can also mention some of the other meetings, including the bilateral meetings he’ll be having on the sidelines, but for this conversation, we hope to focus mostly on his overall approach to the General Assembly.

Now, the annual U.N. General Assembly is one of the world’s preeminent venues for diplomacy.  You — you have leaders and senior officials from all over the world convening in just a few square blocks in Manhattan.  The President sees this as an outstanding opportunity for him and his leadership to advance U.S. interests and values on a range of issues.  This includes mobilizing resources for sustainable development and infrastructure, galvanizing cooperation on the climate crisis, and strengthening global support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Now, being here, the headquarters of the U.N., is an ideal location for the President to reaffirm our country’s commitment to the foundational principles of the United Nations, particularly those laid out in the documents such as the U.N. Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

This is an essential forum to demonstrate the President’s commitment to inclusive and effective international cooperation to solve big problems.

So please let me go through the schedule.  Tomorrow, President Biden will deliver his annual address to the General Assembly.  In that speech, he will lay out for the world the steps that he and his administration have taken to work with others to solve the world’s most serious challenges.  He will outline his vision for how countries, working within reformed and modernized international institutions, can harness their efforts to end conflict, defend human rights and the rule of law, and help countries develop their economies.

As you may have heard Jake Sullivan say at our press briefing on Friday, we really have achieved some significant foreign policy successes.  Our engagements here at the U.N. will build on these successes and find new ways we can work with countries to solve problems.

In addition to speaking before the General Assembly, the President will also meet with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.  They will discuss how they can strengthen their partnership to tackle global issues, including mobilizing resources for development, combating climate change, ending conflicts, and working together to uphold the U.N.’s foundational principles.

The President will also meet with the presidents of five Central Asian nations: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.  This will be the first-ever so-called C5+1 presidential summit where our leaders will discuss a range of issues related to regional security, trade and connectivity, climate, and reforms to improve governance and the rule of law.

On Tuesday evening, the President will host the traditional reception with world leaders where he’ll have the chance to engage with dozens of heads of state and government who are here from around the world.

On Wednesday, the President will have an opportunity to hold a bilateral meeting with Brazilian President Lula as well as join in an event with labor leaders from Brazil and the United States to highlight the role that workers play in building a sustainable, democratic, equitable, and peaceful world.

Also on Wednesday, President Biden will sit down with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel to discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues focused on the shared democratic values between our two countries and a vision for a more stable and prosperous and integrated region, as well as compare notes on effectively countering and deterring Iran.

We’ll have more information to follow on the President’s engagements on Wednesday on the sidelines of these meetings.

But please let me close with this.  You know, in the coming days, there will be much discussion here at the U.N. about the formidable challenges facing our world.  This is a time of geopolitical tension.  Russia’s brutal and illegal war has gravely violated the U.N. Charter, and we have indisputable disagreements with China.  You’ll also hear about the great challenges facing poor countries with developing nations demanding more action to solve the problems affecting them, such as debt, health, development, the climate crisis.

But President Biden is going is going into this year’s General Assembly with the United States confident we have strong allies and new partners; we have a vision for institutional reform at the U.N., at the World Bank, and elsewhere; and we have initiatives to deliver on infrastructure, on health, on climate, and other global public goods.

The President recognizes the world faces enormous challenges that no one country can solve alone, but he has a vision of how American leadership, based on principles, working in partnership with others, can help tackle these challenges.

So, here at the U.N., the one place where the whole world comes together, the President will lift up that vision and rally countries to do more to make our world safer, more just, and more prosperous. 

With that, I’d like to turn it over to my colleague, [senior administration official].

White House.gov. 09/19/2023.

SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL 2:

Hey, thanks so much.  And appreciate everybody hopping on the call.  And thank you all for being here for a high-level week.  We at the U.S. Mission to the U.N. are excited for another successful visit by the President to New York and an intense few days of activity at the United Nations and on the margins of the meetings at the U.N. General Assembly. 

Throughout the week and in the months ahead, we’re going to continue to strengthen multilateral diplomacy to make the — work to make the international system more inclusive, accessible, and representative; to defend and advance human rights, fundamental freedoms; and uphold the principles behind the U.N. Charter. 

You heard from Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield last week, when she previewed U.S. priorities for UNGA 78.  And you’ll hear directly from the President tomorrow morning, as my colleague indicated, when he delivers his third speech to the U.N. General Assembly of his presidency. 

But I’d like to take this opportunity to just highlight a couple of points about the broader context of our participation this year.  Since day one, the Biden-Harris administration has committed to strengthening partnerships globally.  You’ve seen this in the NATO Summit and the U.S.-Japan-Republic of Korea Trilateral Leader Summit at Camp David, the President’s recent visit to India for the G20, a historic trip to Vietnam just concluded.

The United States is dedicated to working with our partners and with countries — even countries we don’t always see eye to eye with to tackle global challenges and advance our collective security and prosperity.  And that means investing in the institutions and global — the institutions around the world that brings the world together.  And that’s why we’re investing in our relationships here at the United Nations. 

We’ll continue to lead with confidence, but as Secretary Blinken noted during his speech at Johns Hopkins last week at SAIS, we remain clear-eyed and humble about the scale and scope of the global challenges we face.  Much of the developing world is experiencing food and energy insecurity.  Many need digital and hard infrastructure investments or struggle to recover economically from the global pandemic.  These challenges have been exacerbated by climate change, Russia’s war in Ukraine, unsustainable debt.

As we address these crises, we need to ensure our multilateral system is fit for purpose — that we’re solving and addressing the challenges that people are facing every day.  And we need to remain focused on ensuring that international institutions, which were established decades ago, can meet today’s challenges. 

That’s why Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield and our team, at the President’s direction, have been engaged in intense diplomacy, consulting with countries all over the world on a way forward for meaningful reform of the U.N. Security Council.  The United States making a major push to revitalize and reform multilateral development banks so they can meet the needs of low- and middle-income countries.  You heard a lot about that at the G20, and I think the President will have an opportunity to speak to that tomorrow as well. 

And the President is working with Congress to unlock new lending capacity for the World Bank and the IMF to provide financing for investments in climate mitigation, public health, and a range of other issues. 

There’s a keen recognition that development issues are intricately linked with international peace and security.  That’s why this high-level week in New York, the U.S. will engage on issues that matter most are people and people everywhere in an effort to ensure that no one is left behind. 

And in that vein, during the Sustainable Development Goals Summit this year, we will reaffirm our commitment to addressing sustainable development all over the world. 

Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield outlined this commitment in the speech at the Council on Foreign Relations last Friday, part of our curtain-raiser here for high-level week.  I encourage you all to look at those remarks which detail our longstanding commitment to sustainable development.  We call on the world to do more and give more.

I’d also note that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  You’ll likely hear us talk more about that declaration — that Universal Declaration — in the coming days, both this week and well beyond, because it’s part of our commitment to the U.N. Charter, the fundamental principles behind the U.N. system, and our own value as a democracy. 

Just last month, during the U.S. presidency of the Security Council meeting, we made human rights and defending the Universal Declaration a centerpiece of our month of activity in the U.N. Security Council, including the first meeting on North Korean human rights the Security Council had had since 2017.

During this year’s high-level week, we’ll work to uphold the principles enshrined in the U.N. Charter, including respect for sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of all member states.

As we know, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it struck at the heart of the U.N. Charter.  We’ll continue to pursue a just and durable peace, in line with the U.N. Charter’s core principles, and will continue to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes.  And I think we’ll have an opportunity to hear more about that during the course of the week. 

As the President has outlined, the world is at an inflection point.  This year’s U.N. General Assembly is a chance for us to make progress on a host of issues.  And that’s why leaders from across the U.S. government will be in New York with the President to advance that work. 

Thank you.

White House.gov. 09/19/2023.

I omitted the Q&A…

Excerpts of Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President Joe Biden at the 78th United Nations General Assembly (09/19/2023):

“The United States seeks a more secure, more prosperous, more equitable world for all people, because we know our future is bound up with yours. And no nation can meet the challenges of today alone.”
 
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“Record breaking heatwaves in the United States and China. Wildfires ravaging North America and Southern Europe. A fifth year of drought in the Horn of Africa. Tragic flooding in Libya  that has killed thousands of people. Taken together these snapshots tell an urgent story of what awaits us if we fail to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and begin to climate-proof our world. From day one of my Administration the United States has treated this crisis as the existential threat that it is, not only to us, but to all of humanity.”
 
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“Russia believes that the world will grow weary and allow it to brutalize Ukraine without consequence.  But I ask you this: If we abandon the core principles of the UN Charter to appease an aggressor, can any member state feel confident that they are protected? If we allow Ukraine to be carved up, is the independence of any nation secure?
 
“The answer is no. We must stand up to this naked aggression today to deter other would-be aggressors tomorrow.
 
“That is why the United States together with our Allies and partners around the world will continue to stand with the brave people of Ukraine as they defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity – and their freedom.”

White House.gov. 09/19/2023.

President Biden Delivers Remarks Before the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly @10:00 a.m. D.C., time:


Other Tweets

From Monday…

Remarks by President Biden on Expanding Access to Mental Health Care (07/25/2023):

Nearly 70% of our kids who seek mental health care can’t access it.

[snip]

We’ve invested $1 billion to help schools hire, train — and train 14,000 new mental health counselors in schools across the country.  And we’re taking steps to address the harm of social media is doing to our young people.  And it is doing harm.  (Applause.)  

White House.gov. 07/25/2023.

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Takes Action to Make it Easier to Access In-Network Mental Health Care (07/25/2023):

  • Providing mental health services in schools. The Administration recently updated Medicaid School Claiming and Administrative Guide and proposed a rule that would make it easier for schools to bill Medicaid by streamlining billing processes and permissions.

ED.gov announced:

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $100 Million in Continued Support for Mental Health and Student Wellness Through Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (05/15/2023):

American Rescue Plan (03/11/2021).

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