Press Release: Pakistan: European Commissioner Georgieva proposes increasing Commission’s funding to €70 million ahead of her visit to the area

In response to the ever increasing scale of the humanitarian crisis, the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, announced on 18 August 2010 that the Commission will mobilise an additional €30 million in urgent relief assistance.

This latest funding will bring the total humanitarian aid funds allocated by the Commission to assist the flood-affected populations to €70 million. On 23 August, Commissioner Georgieva will travel to the affected area in Pakistan and will meet with authorities and relief experts, as well as with people affected by the floods."

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