Monday, 25 January 2021, 5:11 pm
Group
Photo Signing.
The European Union
(EU), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United
Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Pacific Community
(SPC) today signed an agreement that will strengthen their
existing partnership to support health sector responses to
COVID-19 across the Pacific.
This follows the new
Financing Agreement the EU and the Pacific Islands Forum
Secretariat (PIFS) signed, to repurpose funding to support
the Pacific’s response to COVID-19.
Under the
EU-SPC-WFP-WHO agreement, the EU will contribute over US$24
million (equivalent of EUR €20 million) of the funding
repurposed under the EU-PIFS Financing Agreement to support
Strengthening vital partnerships in the Pacific to support health sector responses to COVID-19
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The European Union (EU), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Pacific Community (SPC) today signed an agreement that will strengthen their existing partnership to support health sector responses to COVID-19 across the Pacific.
This follows the new Financing Agreement the EU and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) signed, to repurpose funding to support the Pacific’s response to COVID-19.
Under the EU-SPC-WFP-WHO agreement, the EU will contribute over USD 24 million (equivalent of EUR 20 million) of the funding repurposed under the EU-PIFS Financing Agreement to support Cook Islands, Kiribati, Fiji, the Republic of Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19. This funding includes WHO