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Her Majesty Queen Rania spoke on Friday February 5th at the virtual Warwick Economic Forum where she called on the international community to address issues fueling rising inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic, and she stressed the need for equitable global COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

“We are all in a race against a pandemic, not against each other,” Queen Rania said, adding that any single country’s inability to recover from this crisis could lead to instability and insecurity for all.

She later explained that while some wealthy countries have pre-ordered enough vaccine doses to immunize their populations three times over, “lower income countries will at best only manage to vaccinate a tenth of their populations” this year.

“I see no reason why those who have excess supply can’t donate their surplus to poorer countries, and I’m glad that some countries have committed to doing just that,” the Queen said. She was also echoing His Majesty King Abdullah’s calls for vaccinations to be treated as a global public good.

“If we aren’t motivated by moral or ethical responsibility, then at least we should be motivated to act from a global health standpoint,” she said.

Talkin about the inequality in loss felt by everyone since the start of the pandemic, Her Majesty said “This pandemic has revealed and reinforced cracks in our world order, along lines of income inequality, gender inequity, and social injustice. While some people are enjoying the benefits of rebounding global markets, far too many people around the world are suffering from parallel pandemics of hunger, violence, and illiteracy,” Adding. “In fact, for the first time in 20 years, extreme poverty is back on the rise.”

Her Majesty who is a champion and ambassador for education also highlighted the current challenges to global education, stating that COVID-19 has caused the greatest disruption to education in human history, with school closures affecting 1.6 billion learners.

“Access to education has never been fair, but the disparities that we are seeing today, both within and across countries, are quite staggering. A child’s fate hinges on which side of the digital divide they fall, and far too many – millions, in fact – are falling on the wrong side.”

Her Majesty underscored the need to strengthen education systems by further developing remote learning solutions, making them universally accessible and called on the international community to prioritize closing the global education funding gap, noting that UNESCO has warned that it is approaching USD 200 billion per year.

“Online learning solutions aren’t just band-aid measures for temporary problems. They reinforce our education systems by offering contingency options. That might sound like a lot, but when you think about it, it’s only 10 percent of global military expenditures. There is no excuse for us not to make an effort to close that gap,” she said.

Further emphasizing the disproportion especially with working moms by describing school and daycare closures as “nothing short of a full-scale crisis for a lot of working moms,” Her Majesty explained that women worldwide have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, adding that they are more likely to work in sectors impacted by lockdowns and are often the first to be let go or forced from their jobs.

“That is really tough on mothers and families, but it is also terrible for the global economy,” she said, noting that today marks an opportunity to ”revamp, rethink, and redesign the workplace so that it better meets the needs of men and women.”

Despite current challenges, Her Majesty pointed out that this period has also shown some of our strengths as an international community, particularly regarding global efforts to contain and cure COVID-19.

“If we take the development of vaccines, for example, it would have taken us years to get to this point had it not been for the coordination and collaboration of the medical community. That was a really shining, undeniable example of how a crisis can fuel innovation, and how, when we put our politics and national identities aside and work toward a common goal, we can achieve so much for so many.”

She went on to urge the audience to carry that spirit of collaboration forward into a “post-pandemic world,” and to make “all people’s wellbeing our new bottom line.”

“Whatever ‘normal’ we go back to, I know that we cannot go back to the ‘old normal’ that left too many people behind,” she stressed. “If we’ve learnt one thing from this crisis, it’s that we’re only as strong as the weakest among us.”

On Saturday, she was also interview by CNN news anchor Becky Anderson.

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On January 30th, we celebrate two birthdays, that of His Majesty King Abdullah II and HRH Prince Hashem bin Abdullah. His Majesty is celebrating his 59th, while the youngest in the Sovereign household Prince Hashem is celebrating 16th birthday.

For this exceptional birthday during this pandemic period, I celebrate His Majesty's leadership, diplomacy, goals in every sectors, his pursuit of furthering prosperity and progress in Jordan, and another year of his tireless dedication to enhancing Jordan’s social development and international standing and the World's. As well as tireless work.

On Her social media, Her Majesty wished the birthday boys a sweet message with the caption:

ما كنت أتخيل أن بإمكاني أن أحبكما أكثر، ثم أجد حبي لكما يزداد كل يوم. كل سنة وسيدنا وهاشم بخير

It seems impossible to love you two more, but every day proves me wrong... twice! Happy birthday Your Majesty and my Prince Hashem

For her special message to His Majesty:

دعائي في هذا اليوم أن يحمل لك كل عام نفس السلام الذي تسعى دائماً لنشره في العالم. كل عام وسيدنا بألف خير، والله يخليلي إياك يا أغلى الناس

I hope that each year brings you the same peace you radiate to the world. Happy birthday, Your Majesty

HRH Crown Prince Hussein also published messages for the occasion:

For His Majesty: لقد أكرمني الله بأبٍ وقائد، أحمد الله عليه، كرّس حياته لخدمة بلده وأهله، لم يألُ جهداً لحماية وطنه... فكلّ عام وجلالة سيّدنا بخير، أطال الله في عمره وألبسه ثوب الصّحة والعافية

I am blessed and grateful to have a father and a leader who has dedicated his life in service of his country and people, and who has spared no effort to safeguard this nation. Happy birthday, Your Majesty

For Prince Hashem:

أخي هاشم، كل عام وأنت بخير، أمنياتي لك بدوام الصحة والعافية

Wishing my dear brother Hashem a very happy birthday

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Her Majesty Queen Rania will be joining a diverse team as council member of the EarthShot Prize created by His Royal Highness Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge through the Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The Prize was launched today by HRH The Duke of Cambridge who announce the full council members according to the website: is the most prestigious global environment prize in history and aims to incentivise change and help to repair our planet over the next 10 years. The £50 million prize will provide at least 50 solutions to the world’s greatest environmental problems by 2030. Taking inspiration from President John F. Kennedy’s Moonshot which united millions of people around an organising goal to put man on the moon and catalysed the development of new technology in the 1960s, The Earthshot Prize is centred around five ‘Earthshots’ – simple but ambitious goals for our planet which if achieved by 2030 will improve life for us all, for generations to come.

Joining Queen Rania and Prince William as members of The Earthshot Prize Council today are:

Cate Blanchett – actor, producer and humanitarian (Australia);

Christiana Figueres – Former UN climate chief, responsible for the landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change (Costa Rica);

Dani Alves – professional footballer (Brazil);

Sir David Attenborough – broadcaster and natural historian (UK);

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim – environmental activist (Chad);

Indra Nooyi – business executive and former Chairman & CEO of PepsiCo (US & India);

Jack Ma – philanthropist, entrepreneur and UNSDG Advocate (China);

Naoko Yamazaki – former astronaut onboard the International Space Station (Japan);

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – economist and international development expert (Nigeria);

Shakira – singer and philanthropist (Colombia);

Yao Ming – Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer and environmentalist (China).

In the coming months, further members of The Earthshot Prize Council will be announced as the global coalition supporting the Prize expands.

Welcoming our #EarthshotPrize Council Members - who every year, will award The Earthshot Prize to the five winners (1/4):

Prince William

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah

Dani Alves – professional footballer pic.twitter.com/Ug8hT67Z6a
— The Earthshot Prize (@EarthshotPrize) October 8, 2020

The Aim of the Prize:

Every year from 2021 until 2030, The Earthshot Prize Council will award The Earthshot Prize to five winners, one per Earthshot, whose evidence-based solutions make the most progress towards the five Earthshots:

Protect and restore nature

Clean our air

Revive our oceans

Build a waste-free world

Fix our climate

A distinguished panel of experts will support the judging process, making recommendations to the Prize Council who will select the final winners. The Prize could be awarded to a wide range of individuals, teams or collaborations – scientists, activists, economists, leaders, governments, banks, businesses, cities, and countries – anyone who is making a substantial development or outstanding contribution to solving these environmental challenges. Each winner will receive a one million-pound reward that will be used to support agreed environmental and conservation projects as well as large-scale public recognition and significant support to scale their solution.

To mark the launch of the Prize, a short film has been released which sees Prince William and Sir David Attenborough together at Kensington Palace, speaking about their passion for the environment and the critical role that The Earthshot Prize can play in repairing our planet over the next ten years. The film also features each of the 11 other announced members of The Earthshot Prize Council, who explain their motivations for becoming involved in The Earthshot Prize and the differing environmental challenges faced globally.

Meet The @EarthshotPrize Council 🌍🏆

Watch the full film: https://t.co/6YQ53pECAf pic.twitter.com/cn0CqQMMUv
— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) October 8, 2020

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