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U.S to provide $11.1m in assistance to conflict-affected Pakistan

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, June 19, 2010 IRNA -- The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan,Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Saturday pledged an additional $11.1 million in humanitarian assistance for Pakistanis affected by the conflict in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , the U.S embassy said Saturday.

The aid announcement was made shortly after Pakistani Prime Minister warned Holbrooke that public support to the anti-terror war could be badly affected if the international community failed to start delivering over their pledges to help Pakistan.

Of the total pledge, $4 million will be directed through the World Health Organization for provision of life-saving health services, including maternal, newborn, and child healthcare; reproductive healthcare and family planning; psychosocial support; rehabilitative services for persons with disabilities; and provision of essential medicines and supplies to the affected population, the U.S embassy said.

This pledge helps to address pressing needs and acute funding shortfalls in the health sector that threaten the delivery of emergency assistance to millions of Pakistanis, it said.

A total of $4.1 million of the pledge will go to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for camp coordination and camp management, provision of emergency shelter and non-food items, and protection activities in support of 1.4 million Pakistanis who remain displaced, host families who have sheltered nearly 90 percent of displaced Pakistanis during the course of the conflict, and 1.95 million Pakistanis who have returned home.

Of the total $11.1 million pledge, the $8.1 million planned for UNHCR and WHO will be counted under the 2010 UN Pakistan Humanitarian Response Plan (PHRP), bringing the total U.S. government contribution to the PHRP up to $71.1 million.

The remaining $3 million will go to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for provision of food and essential household items to displaced families and host communities, camp management, provision of medical assistance and physical rehabilitation services, reunification of families separated by the conflict, promotion of international humanitarian law, and support of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society.

The United States has contributed $173.9 million in humanitarian assistance to Pakistan thus far in Fiscal Year 2010, the embassy said. Today’s announcement of additional funding further demonstrates the American people’s continuing support and commitment to the people of Pakistan, it added.

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