{"id":18264,"date":"2025-09-05T00:04:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=18264"},"modified":"2025-09-05T00:04:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:04:03","slug":"un-assessing-humanitarian-impact-of-pakistan-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=18264","title":{"rendered":"UN &#8216;assessing humanitarian impact&#8217; of Pakistan floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed grief over devastating floods in Pakistan that have killed hundreds of people and displaced over a million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Secretary-General is profoundly saddened by the recent floods in northern Pakistan, which have reportedly claimed more than 400 lives,&#8221; his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The disaster, caused by a &#8220;severe monsoon exacerbated by climate change,&#8221; has affected some 1.5 million people, leaving hundreds of thousands in need of humanitarian aid, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>It further noted that &#8220;more than 3,000 homes, over 400 schools, and some 40 health facilities have been damaged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The UN chief commended Pakistan&#8217;s response efforts, adding that he &#8220;commends Pakistani authorities for relocating more than one million people in Punjab.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also &#8220;expresses his solidarity with the Government and people of Pakistan, extends his heartfelt condolences to the families of those who have lost their lives, and wishes a swift recovery to those who have been injured.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statement said the UN and its partners are &#8220;working closely with Pakistani authorities to rapidly assess the humanitarian impact of the floods, identify needs, and address gaps in the response.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It added that &#8220;the Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has released $600,000 from the Regional Humanitarian Pooled Fund to support relief and recovery efforts, and discussions are underway with the Government on a response plan.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed grief over devastating floods in Pakistan that have killed hundreds of people and displaced over a million. &#8220;The Secretary-General is profoundly saddened by the recent floods in northern Pakistan, which have reportedly claimed more than 400 lives,&#8221; his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement. The disaster, caused by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}