ANNOUNCEMENTS

The EU Development Directors General Meeting took place on 15 December 2021, with the following agenda: Agenda item 1: Delivering the Africa-Europe Investment package and the Health and Education packages During this session, an overall state of play of preparations for the EU-AU Summit was presented and focused discussion on the core contribution that Team […]

On the occasion of the 7th High-Level Meeting of the Governing Board of the OECD Development Center, that took place virtually, on December 6 2021, Ministers and high-level representatives from 55 developed and developing countries called for greater international support for developing countries. The main topics of the HLM, which was held under the heading

The Foreign Affairs Council (Development) was chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr. Josep Borrell. The High Representative updated the Council about the latest developments in Ethiopia and Sudan, and the ongoing work to operationalise the humanitarian approach in support to the Afghan people. The main agenda item was

Following the first donation of 180,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, last August, a second Greek donation of 376,000 vaccines was made on 15 November. The transfer of the vaccines was funded by UNICEF through the COVAX mechanism. The General Coordinator for Covid-19 issues in Kenya, Ambassador Arthur Andambi, expressed Kenya’s gratitude to Greece, as only

On 5 November 2021, during the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Nikos Dendias to Rwanda, Greece, as an example of solidarity to the people of the country, donated an additional 330,000 vaccines, following the donation of 200,000 vaccines in September. This donation was made in the context of Greece’s commitment to actively

In the context of the global effort to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, Greece has already donated 1,690,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in third countries, while the donation of an additional 250,000 doses has been announced or planned. The detailed data, by recipient country and number of vaccine doses, are presented in the table below: Donation

Greece will present its second Voluntary National Review (VNR) on the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the UN High Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2022 The HLPF is the main United Nations platform on sustainable development and it has a central role in the follow-up and review of the

As in August 2020, when Greece was the first to arrive in Beirut, just 18 hours after the catastrophic explosion, our country responded immediately, once again, to the international call for humanitarian aid to Lebanon. The Directorate-General for Development and Humanitarian Aid (Hellenic Aid) had the responsibility for the implementation of the action, while the

On 7 September 2021, the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Nikos Dendias, met, in Tunis, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Othman Jerandi and the Minister of Health Mr Ali Mrabet of Tunisia, in order to deliver a 100.000 vaccines donation, as a message of solidarity to Tunisian people, standing by Greece’s commitment

On 2 September 2021, the official handover ceremony of the donation of medical, sanitary and personal protective equipment for COVID-19, from Greece to Tunisia, took place in Tunis. The second package of humanitarian aid, which consists of 100,000 doses of vaccines, is expected to be delivered during the forthcoming visit of the Minister of Foreign