Pakistan Floods – Call For More Aid
- August 18th, 2010
- Posted by EUEditor
The United Nations says that international aid is too late and too sluggish to save victims of the flooding along the Indus River system in Pakistan – especially the millions of children at risk of serious disease from infected water.
 WEEKS TO COME
As the UN called for more support from the international community, weather forecasters estimated the high water levels would persist until the end of this month – with some 20 million people believed stranded.
INFORMATION FOR INDIVIDUAL GIVING
- Oxfam Australia: http://www.oxfam.org.au/donate; Oxfam in UK: http://www.oxfam.org.au/donate
- WWF Australia: http://www.wwf.org.au/, tel. +61 2 9281 5515; International http://www.worldwildlife.org/
- Red Cross Australia: http://www.redcross.org.au/howyoucanhelp_donationopt.htm
ICRC http://www.icrc.org/
- APHEDA, Union Aid Abroad, Australia: http://www.apheda.org.au/
EU AND AUSTRALIA
The European Union last week (11.8.10) topped up its earlier €30-million (A$43.29-million; dcerates.com, 18.8.10) donation for Pakistan flood relief with an additional €10-million (A$14.43-million), pointing out that humanitarian aid to Pakistan in the last year, from the European Commission alone, had come to €111.25-million (A$160.55-million). Member states were separately pledging more.
The Australian Foreign Affairs Department yesterday (17.8.10) added A$24-million to the A$11-million previously pledged by the government, saying the catastrophe in Pakistan had got worse.
It has contributed mainly to United Nations agencies, the red Cross and other non-government organisations.
Reference
DFAT, Canberra, “Australia commits an additional $24 million to Pakistan flood reliefâ€, 17.8.10. www.dfat.gov.au, (18.8.10).
EU Delegation, Canberra, “Floods in Pakistan: Commission provides additional EU10-milllion …â€, 11.8.10. http://www.delaus.ec.europa.eu/, (11.8.10).
Munir Ahmed and Riaz Khan, “Pakistan floods to recede only by month’s endâ€, Associated Press, NY, 18.8.10.
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Alertnet.org, NASA