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Additional funding is needed for Afghanistan and Pakistan if the United Nations humanitarian community and its partners are to deliver lifesaving services and assist the South Asian countries in developing their potentials, a senior United Nations relief official said following a visit to the region.
“It’s about laying the platform for all of the other elements of transition. If you don’t get the humanitarian right, then you don’t have anything else to build upon,” John Ging, Director of Operations, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told journalists in New York.
The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is “very challenging and very dangerous,” Mr. Ging said. He reiterated his appeal to donors to redouble their focus and generosity to meet the $471 million humanitarian appeal for Afghanistan. It is currently 38 per cent funded at $179 million.
The situation in Pakistan is also “very complex” Mr. Ging said, particularly because of a drop off in funding in recent years. The humanitarian appeal in 2010 was 70 per cent filled, but only 44 per cent filled in 2011 and 29 per cent last year.
“It’s about laying the platform for all of the other elements of transition. If you don’t get the humanitarian right, then you don’t have anything else to build upon,” John Ging, Director of Operations, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told journalists in New York.
The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is “very challenging and very dangerous,” Mr. Ging said. He reiterated his appeal to donors to redouble their focus and generosity to meet the $471 million humanitarian appeal for Afghanistan. It is currently 38 per cent funded at $179 million.
The situation in Pakistan is also “very complex” Mr. Ging said, particularly because of a drop off in funding in recent years. The humanitarian appeal in 2010 was 70 per cent filled, but only 44 per cent filled in 2011 and 29 per cent last year.