ISLAMABAD: The United Nations will be launching another appeal to raise $600 million for flood relief in Pakistan. The fresh appeal will be launched from Oct 4, 2022.
Economic Affairs Division (EAD) Secretary Humair Karim disclosed this a follow-up meeting of the Steering Committee for Coordination of International Assistance for Flood Relief Activities in Islamabad.
Khan said the UN launched a flash appeal on Aug 30 for $160m assistance for flood relief support, but the amount was enough in the face of the unprecedented devastation.
The federal government has estimated 2% decline in the economic growth rate during the ongoing fiscal year, against 5pc growth anticipated in the budget, because of floods ravage across the country which displaced more than 33m people, mostly in Sindh and Balochistan.
The representatives from the United Nations Development Programme, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, embassies of Turkiye and China, the British High Commission, Pakistan’s foreign, health and food ministries, the Benazir Income Support Programme, the National Disaster Management Authority and EAD participated in the meeting.
The meeting was informed that international assistance had come from the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Turkiye, China, the European Union, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Norway, Jordan, Austria, Nepal, France, Turkmenistan, Russia, Indonesia, Greece, besides UN agencies like UNFPA, WHO, FAO, Unicef, UNHCR, and WFP.
