; Whereas the African Union established the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in 2016, including with support from the United States, and the Centres played a key role in the African response to the COVID–19 pandemic; Whereas the G20 has several initiatives that impact African countries, including the G20 Compact with Africa, which was launched in 2017 during Germany’s G20 presidency and is a joint program supported by the International Monetary Fund, the African Development Bank, and the World Bank to enhance private sector finance; Whereas making the African Union a permanent member would make the G20 representative of approximately 80 percent of the global population; and Whereas, during the 2022 United States-Africa Leaders Summit, President Biden, asserting that Africa belongs at the table in every room—in every room where global challenges are being discussed and in every institution where discussions are taking place, announced United States support for the accession of the African Union to the G20 as a permanent member of the group: Now, therefore, be it