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UN Needs More Money for Pakistan Floods09/06 09:59
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- The United Nations says it needs hundreds of
millions of dollars in new donations to get food, water, medicine and shelter
to Pakistanis hit by flooding.
The U.N. is preparing to ask member nations to give an amount that will be
at least double the $460 million it requested last month at the start of the
flooding, said Jean-Maurice Ripert, the U.N. secretary-general's special envoy
for assistance to Pakistan.
The U.N. has received $310 million toward the initial appeal, although
private and bilateral donations bring the global total committed for Pakistan
flood aid to roughly $1.1 billion.
Some 8 million to 10 million people remain in need of some sort of daily
assistance, out of a total of 18.7 million affected by the flooding, Ripert
said.
(CZ)
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