UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that he plans to hold a benefactors ’ conference either in New York or nearly in Europe to raise finances for Pakistan’s flood tide victims.
The high minister bared this while talking to media at a Pakistan- patronized exhibition of filmland from the flood tide- affected areas at the UN headquarters in New York.
The high minister said that while the date of the proposed benefactors conference hadn’t yet been finalized, “it will be held soon”.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of #UNGA77. pic.twitter.com/ulPctm2sJ6
— PMLN (@pmln_org) September 22, 2022
On Aug 30, the United Nations and Pakistan appealed for$ 160 million in exigency backing for the flood tide victims but before this month, UN officers bared that so far they entered only one-fourth of that quantum.
The benefactors conference would compound sweats to collect finances for the victims.
The high minister said he’d convey the voice of the flood tide victims to the rest of the world when he addresses the 77th session of the UN General Assembly on Sept 23.
Mr. Sharif makes his debut on the global stage on Friday with his address to a gathering of world leaders at the UN headquarters in New York. He’s anticipated to punctuate the massive desolation touched off by deadly climate-convinced cataracts and will appeal for transnational support to deal with the catastrophe.
On Thursday, the high minister inaugurated an exhibition of filmland from the flood tide-affected areas at the UN Secretariat Lobby, which also included vids showing the flood tide desolation from colorful angles.
Attended a photo exhibition a little earlier with UN Global Communication head in the UN HQ. These photos tell a tale of misery, pain & anguish that 33 million people of Pakistan are experiencing for no fault of theirs. Our story needs a sympathetic hearing. pic.twitter.com/48OIPgbrov
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) September 22, 2022
Talking to the media after inaugurating the exhibition, Mr. Sharif said he’d prompt the transnational community to “come forward” and help Pakistan “deal with this disaster”.
“The desolation is so huge further than a million houses destroyed, four million acres of crops lost, about,000 animals washed down and thousands of kilometers of road destroyed,” he added.
The high minister said that according to one estimate, cataracts had caused a loss of at least 30 billion bones
to public frugality. He said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “has come to our voice. I met him a moment and thanked him for raising the voice of the suffering of Pakistan’s flood tide- hit people on the transnational stage”, he said.
The high minister thanked President Tayyip Erdogan of Turkiye and President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran for pressing the suffering of the flood tide victims of Pakistan.
Biden- Shehbaz commerce
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar told intelligencers that the high minister had a brief “commerce” with US President Joe Biden at an event on Wednesday evening.
She described commerce as “formative and forward-looking”.
“I’m at liberty to say that it’s de-hyphenated and we want it farther-hyphenated, with all the indigenous and political effects that have been going on,” said Ms Khar when asked how similar relations would impact the US- Pakistan relationship.
“It’s starting at a solid footing and we don’t want to rush it,” she added.
