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New figures put quake toll at more than 79,000
Difficulty reaching injured survivors likely to result in even more deaths
AP Source: Updated: 5:36 p.m. ET Oct. 19, 2005
"Pakistan says it urgently needs 150,000-200,000 tents. It now has about 30,000"
"...Despite the growing influx of aid, the U.N. World Food Program has estimated a half-million survivors have yet to receive any. Pakistan’s military, however, says all but about 5 percent of communities have been reached — although it does appear that many villages have received little aid.
In Beijing, top U.N. relief coordinator Jan Egeland urged China, which borders Pakistan, to contribute winterized tents. Pakistan says it urgently needs 150,000-200,000 tents. It now has about 30,000."
UN urges greater quake response
BBC Source: Last Updated: Thursday, 20 October 2005, 00:35 GMT 01:35 UK
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned of a second wave of deaths from the Pakistan earthquake unless much more aid is immediately provided. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned of a second wave of deaths from the Pakistan earthquake unless much more aid is immediately provided.
Mr Annan called for the global relief effort to be stepped up to help three million people made homeless.
He said donors had so far pledged only a fraction of the $312m (£177m) aid requested by the UN.
UN urges greater quake response.
....The secretary general complained that the international community had only given firm commitments to fund 12% - or $37m - of the UN's appeal.
Agencies stretched
The UN children's agency, Unicef, has warned that a further 10,000 children could die if relief efforts are not boosted.
Jan Egeland, the UN's emergency relief coordinator, also criticised the world for not doing enough to help Pakistan.
While 92 countries had helped nations hit by last year's Indian Ocean tsunami, only some 15 to 20 countries had responded to the latest disaster, the Reuters news agency quoted Mr Egeland as saying.
Speaking in Beijing, Mr Egeland called upon China, which neighbours Pakistan, to send hundreds of thousands of much-needed tents across the border.
New figures put quake toll at more than 79,000
Difficulty reaching injured survivors likely to result in even more deaths
AP Source: Updated: 5:36 p.m. ET Oct. 19, 2005
"Pakistan says it urgently needs 150,000-200,000 tents. It now has about 30,000"
"...Despite the growing influx of aid, the U.N. World Food Program has estimated a half-million survivors have yet to receive any. Pakistan’s military, however, says all but about 5 percent of communities have been reached — although it does appear that many villages have received little aid.
In Beijing, top U.N. relief coordinator Jan Egeland urged China, which borders Pakistan, to contribute winterized tents. Pakistan says it urgently needs 150,000-200,000 tents. It now has about 30,000."
UN urges greater quake response
BBC Source: Last Updated: Thursday, 20 October 2005, 00:35 GMT 01:35 UK
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned of a second wave of deaths from the Pakistan earthquake unless much more aid is immediately provided. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned of a second wave of deaths from the Pakistan earthquake unless much more aid is immediately provided.
Mr Annan called for the global relief effort to be stepped up to help three million people made homeless.
He said donors had so far pledged only a fraction of the $312m (£177m) aid requested by the UN.
UN urges greater quake response.
....The secretary general complained that the international community had only given firm commitments to fund 12% - or $37m - of the UN's appeal.
Agencies stretched
The UN children's agency, Unicef, has warned that a further 10,000 children could die if relief efforts are not boosted.
Jan Egeland, the UN's emergency relief coordinator, also criticised the world for not doing enough to help Pakistan.
While 92 countries had helped nations hit by last year's Indian Ocean tsunami, only some 15 to 20 countries had responded to the latest disaster, the Reuters news agency quoted Mr Egeland as saying.
Speaking in Beijing, Mr Egeland called upon China, which neighbours Pakistan, to send hundreds of thousands of much-needed tents across the border.
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