Australia, UNDP provide 3.15 mln USD to Cambodia for COVID-19 response

PHNOM PENH, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Australia signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Monday to contribute an additional 4 million Australian dollars (3.15 million U.S. dollars) to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on Cambodia, the UNDP said in a press release.

The deal took effect immediately, the UNDP said, adding that the additional contribution will fund further work to strengthen social assistance, support local businesses to adapt to pandemic-related difficulties, and other priorities identified through consultation with the Cambodian government and civil society.

The contribution will top up the Australia-UNDP Resilience Fund, a flexible mechanism that has already been providing targeted support to Cambodia's socio-economic response and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the UNDP said.

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