text: UNDP MAKES A PLEA TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO COMBAT COVID-19 OUTBREAK – Kazakhstan News Gazette
  The growing COVID-19 crisis threatens to disproportionately hit developing countries, not only as a health crisis in the short term but as a devastating social and economic crisis over the months and years to come. So, UNDP seeking unprecedented COVID-19 support for vulnerable countries, Strategy2050.kz reports with reference to the press service of UNDP Office in Kazakhstan.
  "This pandemic is a health crisis. But not just a health crisis. For vast swathes of the globe, the pandemic will leave deep, deep scars. Without support from the international community, we risk a massive reversal of gains made over the last two decades, and an entire generation lost, if not in lives then in rights, opportunities and dignity", noted Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme.