The Government of Pakistan and the United Nations launched a joint appeal for donations to fund emergency relief efforts to deal with the devastating floods that recently hit Pakistan.

In an appeal sent simultaneously from Islamabad and Geneva, Pakistani Foreign Minister Paul Bhutto Zardari called on the international community to provide immediate assistance to affected countries, including Pakistan, facing the threats of global warming and climate change, to be able to cope with floods. destroy and rehabilitate millions of victims.

He explained that the floods had displaced and displaced about 33 million people, claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people, and caused massive damage to infrastructure, especially homes, the communications sector, roads and agriculture, highlighting his country’s urgent need for financial assistance. assistance, food, medicine and tents and other necessary items to accommodate the homeless.

For his part, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres confirmed in a video conference speech that the international organization has issued an urgent appeal to raise $160 million in donations to help Pakistan deal with the floods.

Remarkably, the devastating monsoon floods in Pakistan have killed over 1,100 people, destroyed over 80,000 hectares of agricultural land, destroyed over 3,400 km of roads and eroded 149 bridges. .