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UN seeks additional 1.6 billion dollars for Pakistan flood victims
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 16 - 09 - 2010


The United Nations on Friday appealed for an
additional 1.6 billion dollars to assist an estimated 14 million
Pakistanis whose living conditions, from food to shelter, have been
severely affected by the country's worst-ever natural disaster.
The UN already asked for nearly 460 million dollars on August 11
to meet the urgent humanitarian demands in Pakistan, and about 80 per
cent of that appeal has been met. The new appeal raised the total aid
needed to more than 2 billion dollars, according to dpa.
The revised figure sought by the UN reflected the massive damage
caused by floods and came two months after severe flooding began
ravaging the country along the Indus River, which was exacerbated by
seasonal rains. The UN said Pakistan is facing the largest disaster
in its history.
The UN said the 2 billion dollars will cover 483 projects to be
implemented by 15 UN organizations, the International Organization of
Migration and 156 non-governmental organizations.
"We are seeing the equivalent of a new disaster every few days in
Pakistan," said Valerie Amos, the new UN humanitarian affairs and
emergency relief coordinator. "Our task is to give people the help
they need."
Amos said new breeches this week of the embankments of Manchhar
Lake in Sindh province flooded more villages, adding more homeless
people to the estimated 20 million people already affected by floods.
In addition to the UN appeals, Pakistan has received direct
assistance from governments, which contributed more than 5 billion
dollars this year to Pakistan, Amos said.
The humanitarian affairs office in New York said the size of the
revised appeal was in response to "the enormous human and geographic
scale of the catastrophe, and the necessity of putting into place the
right kind of early recovery, including projects in agriculture,
community restoration, education, health and shelter."


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