Feb. 1 (EIRNS)—The African Development Bank has officially joined the Great Reset with the launch of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program, announced Jan. 25 at the Global Center for Adaptation (GCA) summit, which is also a partner with the AfDB in the effort. “Our ambition is bold,” said AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina, “to galvanize climate resilience actions; support countries to accelerate and scale up climate adaptation and resilience; and mobilize financing at scale for climate adaptation in Africa.”
The GCA summit otherwise featured an all-star cast of world (cheer)leaders, including World Bank President David Malpass and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, along with Netherlands Prime Minister (and summit host) Mark Rutte, former and current UN Secretaries General (respectively) Ban Ki Moon and General Antonio Guterres, U.S. “special envoy for climate” John Kerry, Boris Johnson and Angela Markel.
In his statement, Guterres called for 50% of all climate finance provided by developed countries and multilateral development banks to be allocated to adaptation and resilience in developing countries, noting, “the African Development Bank set the bar in 2019 by allocating over half of its climate financing to adaptation.” [mpb]
29 January 2021
The following draft emergency plan has been submitted to the Committee for the Coincidence of Opposites, and is being worked on. The draft is presented here to stimulate the contribution of additional thoughts.
Emergency Plan To Save Africa (EPSA)
1.0 The President of the United States shall issue a finding of fact that the threat of as many as hundreds of millions of deaths on the African continent from the combined effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and starvation, represents a threat to the peace and security of the world. This grave humanitarian crisis thus represents a clear and present national security danger to the United States.
2.0 The President shall therefore declare a state of emergency, which mobilizes extraordinary powers granted the Presidency under the Constitution.
3.0 The President shall appoint a cabinet-level Administrator to oversee the implementation of the measures described below, with whatever staffing is necessary, who will report directly and regularly to the President.
3.1 The Administrator shall appoint, with the President’s approval, two Associate Administrators who report to the Administrator: an Associate Administrator—Medical (AAM), to oversee the medical aid effort; and an Associate Administrator—Food (AAF), to oversee the food relief effort.
Measures Proposed
4.0 The two Associate Administrators shall immediately begin an immediate assessment to determine the full impact of the twin threats of famine/starvation and COVID-19, with the aim of crafting a Plan for the immediate distribution of food relief sufficient to stop the starvation, and medical equipment and supplies, including vaccines, to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the identified populations.
4.1 The Administrator shall within thirty (30) days complete and submit the Plan to the President for his approval. Until the mission is completed, the Administrator shall report directly and regularly to the President on the progress of the Plan.
4.2 The Administrator shall solicit cooperation from all affected nations in Africa. Those that wish to participate positively in the Plan are welcome to benefit from it, at no cost to them.
4.3 All agencies, private and public that might assist in this effort, are to be solicited to collaborate and to coordinate. On the African continent, organizations such as the African Union, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organisation and other international agencies are expected to play an important role.
4.4 The Administrator may exclude any agency or organization that, in his or her judgement, does not have the means to fulfill a commitment to the Plan. The Administrator’s rulings can be appealed to the President.
4.5 Should a government decide it does not wish to participate, the Plan will not intervene in that nation.
4.6 The President shall use his power to convoke an international summit, perhaps under the auspices of the United Nations, which shall include the four great powers, U.S., Russia, China, and India, and all other nations wishing to coordinate contributions to the success of this EPSA.
5.0 The President shall order the creation and chartering of a special African Development and Industrialization Bank (ADIB), funded through the deposit of specially issued U.S. Treasury notes, deposit cash, and other securities totaling $100 billion. This bank shall issue up to $1 trillion in credit for the purposes of the Plan, and of later plans to build food- and health-security infrastructure in Africa.
5.1 The Administrator shall issue to the private sector requests for proposals (RFPs) for the implementation of various aspects of the Plan. Such proposals, if accepted, will be turned into contracts that may be submitted for funding from the ADIB in the form of letters of credit, which shall be discountable in the banking system.
5.2 National governments, as well as companies, agencies, and entities involved in the Plan, may submit requests for either loan credit or outright grants to the Administrator, who will then review them in consultation with the Lending Committee of the ADIB, consisting of the officers of the Bank, including its Chairman, and Board members, who are to be appointed by the President. Decisions as to lending and granting shall be made on the basis of which best serves the mission of the ADIB to implement the Plan.
6.0 The President shall seize all patents for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments developed by American companies and make them the property of the U.S. government. The companies shall be compensated for their development costs and a fair profit.
6.1 The AAM shall then organize, order, and monitor large-scale production of these medicines in the United States and in other countries, at facilities certified as safe and secure by U.S. health authorities.
6.2 The AAM will arrange with the ADIB the payment for production and packaging costs of the vaccines plus a small, reasonable profit. In addition, the AAM shall order the production and deployment of low-temperature storage equipment for the vaccines, where needed.
7.0 The AAF shall make available food from the U.S. strategic reserve in prudent amounts for immediate relief. The AAF will encourage increased U.S. food production to maintain a larger U.S. strategic reserve, to provide international aid in future, should it be needed.
7.1 In addition, the AAF shall seek contracts with American farmers at full parity prices to address the present crisis, favoring family farmers and their cooperatives over large food cartels.
7.2 Contracts are to be considered as contracts with the U.S. government and shall be discountable in the U.S. banking system, as another source of funds for farmers.
7.3 American farmers shall be provided with low-interest credit from the ADIB to facilitate meeting the terms of their contracts.
7.4 It is understood that it is in the best interests of African nations to develop self-sufficiency in food production and to have national food reserves. The AAF shall work toward the fulfillment of those objectives as the food emergency subsides.
8.0 The President shall mobilize the resources of the U.S. military to help address these crises especially, but not exclusively, to transport food and medical supplies to affected areas quickly and in large quantities, as well as mobilizing military medical and other personnel to administer the vaccine, and provide other essential services.
8.1 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can assist in the rapid construction of roads, bridges depots, bases and medical facilities, as well as warehousing and food storage facilities, in affected nations. Ownership of these facilities shall pass to the host nations at the termination of the mission.
8.2 The President shall establish an Africa Volunteer Corps (AVC), modelled on the Civilian Conservation Corps of President Roosevelt’s New Deal, recruiting young people, especially those not currently in school or who are unemployed, to sign up for a specified term to serve in Africa for food relief and medical aid. The U.S. military shall assist in their training, along with relevant medical agencies. Recruits will be transported, housed, clothed, fed, and paid fairly for their service.
8.3 Young people and others can also volunteer to join the AVC to help African farmers modernize their methods of food production. This effort can be coordinated with various farm organizations in the U.S.
9.0 The Plan Administrator shall welcome all constructive suggestions to better prosecute the mission of the Plan.
10.0 This emergency Plan shall remain in effect until such time as the President declares these crises to be ended. [rpt]
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