COVID-19: Germany doubles its support to UNDP`s flexible core funding
(WorldNews Environment)

New York - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) strongly welcomes the decision of the Government of Germany to more than double its contribution to the organization`s core funding, thereby significantly increasing its investment in UNDP. This increased support comes at a critical juncture. Over the past months, the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the health and livelihoods of millions of people around the world, stressing every country it touches with potentially devastating social, economic and political effects. UNDP estimates that global human development-a combination of the world`s education, health, and living standards - will likely fall this year for the first...