International Response to Floods 2010

This is a Floods 2010-Related Page Part of the Pakistan Crisis Wiki Main Page Summary | Expanded Situation Reports News & Information Resources Relief Goods Needed Donating Organizations (includes online campaign info) Corporate Response International Response Celebrity Response Volunteering (includes offline goods collection drives) Events (includes Fundraising Events, Crisis Camps, Informational and Press Conferences)

For how to donate in each country--or to international institutions such as UNICEF, UNHCR, etc. see Floods 2010 Donating

Overview

• National Disaster Managment Authority's update of August 27, 2010 at: http://ndma.gov.pk/Documents/flood_2010/misc/Foreign_ass_for_flood.pdf
• Ministry of Economics [sic] Affairs & Statistics Updates: http://202.83.164.26/wps/portal/Moeas/!ut/p/c1/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os_hQN68AZ3dnIwML82BTAyNXTz9jE0NfQwNDE_1wkA6zeAMcwNFA388jPzdVvyA7rxwAicV1Mg!!/dl2/d1/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS9ZQnB3LzZfT0ZMTzlGSDIwT0cwRjAyRENBRDNGMzNRTjM!/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/MoeasCL/ministry/highlights/country+wise+update+of+foreign+assistance+for+flood+affectees

UN/International

• ReliefWeb's Summary, part of the UN Financial Tracking System:

http://fts.unocha.org/pageloader.aspx?page=emerg-emergencyDetails&appealID=905

China

http://www.daily.pk/flag-raising-ceremony-marks-start-of-chinese-teams-relief-work-in-pakistan-20970/

India

Offered $5 Million and relief help that Government of Pakistan initially dilly-dallied about.

Saudi Arabia

$105 Million from government

$15 Million from national telethon

United States

Government

Government Officials, including Foreign Ministry (State Department) and Foreign Minister (Secretary of State Hilary Clinton) actively promoting SMS donation campaign and other efforts. (see Twitter accounts @StateDept @WhiteHouse, etc.)

Military also participating in Relief efforts. See story at:

https://archive.is/20131013234522/www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C08%5C21%5Cstory_21-8-2010_pg7_16

Controversy over an Air Force base in Sindh being supposedly covertly in American control. [need stories that provide perspective rather than raw news]

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman FACT SHEET Update: U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster September 1, 2010 http://islamabad.usembassy.gov/pr-10090101.html