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NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA • LIZ CHENEY

NAYIB BUKELE • ELISA LONCON ANTILEO JOE BIDEN • MARIO DRAGHI

MAMATA BANERJEE • RON KLAIN • STACEY ABRAMS

XI JINPING • DONALD TRUMP

ROCHELLE WALENSKY • NARENDRA MODI

NAFTALI BENNETT • MAHBOUBA SERAJ

TUCKER CARLSON • EBRAHIM RAISI • KAMALA HARRIS

ABDUL GHANI BARADAR • JOE MANCHIN

NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA

THE UNIFIER

BY PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN

WHAT WILL it take to vaccinate the world?

Unity, cooperation—and leaders like Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

As the first African and first woman to lead the World Trade Organization, a 164-member group of nations that oversees trade across the world, Okonjo-Iweala took on the role of director-general this March at a watershed moment for our global health and well-being. Make no mistake, her job affects every person, family and community.

As we face a constant barrage of vaccine misinformation, bureaucratic slowdowns across both government and industry, and the rise of variants that underscore the urgency of the situation, Okonjo-Iweala has shown us that to end the pandemic, we must work together to equip every nation with equitable vaccine access. Our conversations with her have been as informative as they are energizing. This is partly because, despite the challenges, she knows how to get things done—even between those who don’t always agree—and does so with grace and a smile that warms the coldest of rooms.

The fragility of our world right now cannot be overstated. Just over a quarter of the nearly 8 billion global population is fully vaccinated.

Achieving vaccine equity is a global duty of compassion for one another. Our hope is that guided by strong leaders like Ngozi, we can get there soon.

Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are the founders of Archewell

LIZ CHENEY

Standing firm

BY CINDY MCCAIN

Rare are politicians who don’t claim to put country before party. Rarer still are those who actually have. Representative Liz Cheney, a rock-ribbed Republican raised by unflinching conservatives, is the rarest species of politician yet, the ambitious officeholder who risks her office to speak the unwelcome truth to her own side.

My late husband enjoyed a reputation for

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