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)