The role of the EU's development cooperation and humanitarian assistance in addressing the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic

Reference A9-0151/2021Committee DEVEForeign affairs Health

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The Left39

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S&D146

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Greens/EFA73

The European Parliament adopted by 443 votes to 40, with 209 abstentions, a resolution on the role of the EU’s development cooperation and humanitarian assistance in addressing the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.COVID-19 is a global pandemic affecting every country in the world but the economic and social impact of the pandemic has been felt most strongly in developing countries. The pandemic has greatly exacerbated the existing debt problems of developing countries, undermining their efforts to mobilise sufficient resources to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The economic consequences of the measures taken to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries will exacerbate existing inequalities and…