Pitiful response by international community for Pakistani flood aid
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Pitiful response by international community for Pakistani flood aid
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on Monday slammed the pitiful international response to the Pakistan floods, saying some countries were yet to grasp the scale of the disaster.Clegg, who has taken day-to-day charge of the government while Prime Minister David Cameron is on holiday, said while Britain had taken a leading role in the relief effort, other countries needed to do more. His call came as the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) umbrella group of 13 British aid agencies said their appeal so far had raised 15 million pounds. We have already taken a lead in the international effort but we need other people to help, he said. The British government has also earmarked 31.3 million pounds in aid, nearly 17 million of which has now been allocated. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon urged the international community to step up their aid pledges after visiting some of the affected areas yesterday; describing it as the worst natural disaster he had ever seen.
