Un Flood Relief

United Nations secretary-general chief Antonio Guterres has expressed sadness over the flooding and extensive damage and displacement caused in rain-battered Kerala.

The UN resident coordinator in North Korea, Tapan Mishra, has taken part in a joint mission with the government and humanitarian agencies in the country to visit some of the areas hardest hit earlier by devastating floods, a UN spokesman said.

The toll from flash floods and landslides in Myanmar caused by days of torrential rain is likely to rise, the UN warned Sunday, as monsoon downpours heaped misery on thousands across the region.

The UN system stands ready to help governments in India and Pakistan in their efforts to provide relief and assistance to the hundreds impacted by the severe floods in Kashmir, a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said today.

It's Pakistan's worst floods in living history and the UN has only managed to raise one third of the amount meant for aid relief despite that Pakistan has been reluctant to take aid from India. (Read: Pak refuses to accept flood aid directly from India)And a week after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gila...

United Nations secretary-general chief Antonio Guterres has expressed sadness over the flooding and extensive damage and displacement caused in rain-battered Kerala.

The UN resident coordinator in North Korea, Tapan Mishra, has taken part in a joint mission with the government and humanitarian agencies in the country to visit some of the areas hardest hit earlier by devastating floods, a UN spokesman said.

The toll from flash floods and landslides in Myanmar caused by days of torrential rain is likely to rise, the UN warned Sunday, as monsoon downpours heaped misery on thousands across the region.

The UN system stands ready to help governments in India and Pakistan in their efforts to provide relief and assistance to the hundreds impacted by the severe floods in Kashmir, a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said today.

It's Pakistan's worst floods in living history and the UN has only managed to raise one third of the amount meant for aid relief despite that Pakistan has been reluctant to take aid from India. (Read: Pak refuses to accept flood aid directly from India)And a week after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gila...