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| United Nations calls for more aid |
| Pak floods: United Nations calls for more aid
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 20-August-2010
5:47:35 AM |
| The United Nations on Thursday urged governments and people around the world to open their wallets to help the 20 million Pakistani flood victims in desperate need of food, shelter and clean water, appearing to move closer to meeting its target of 460 million US dollars in immediate aid after various nations significantly upped their pledges.
The rush of promised help came after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, addressing a hastily arranged meeting of the General Assembly on Thursday, urged governments and the public to be even more generous than in previous major disasters, because the floods were a bigger "global disaster".
Pakistan's government says more than 20 million people are in desperate need of food, shelter and clean water.
Ban said that before the meeting donors had given half the sum the UN appealed for; only half of the 460 million US dollars to provide vital supplies over the next three months.
Ban said all the money was urgently needed now - and much more would be needed to rebuild Pakistan.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said he was assured that the 460 million US dollar goal was "going to be easily met," including "100 million US dollars plus" from Saudi Arabia.
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that the United States, already the biggest donor, would contribute an additional 60 million US dollars, bringing its total to more than 150 million US dollars.
She said approximately 92 million US dollars will support the UN's 460 million US dollar appeal, which aims to provide food, shelter and clean water to more than six million flood victims over the next three months.
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