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