UN requires more money for Pakistan floods

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations says it needs hundreds of millions of dollars in new donations to get food, medicine and shelter for flood-hit Pakistanis. “The UN is preparing to ask member nations to give an amount that will be double the $460 million it requested last month, at the start of the flooding, said UN secretary general’s special envoy for assistance to Pakistan, Jean Maurice Ripert. The UN has received $310 million, although private and bilateral donations bring the global total committed amount for Pakistan flood aid to $1.1 billion. Ripert says 8 to 10 million people remain in dire need still. ap

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