Clinton to Urge Increase in Global Aid for Pakistan
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The Obama administration is increasing its emergency aid to Pakistan as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls upon other nations to step up humanitarian assistance to the flood-ravaged country.
“Frustration and donor fatigue are understandable given the myriad calamities in the headlines, but they are not good options,” Eric Schwartz, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration said yesterday. ”There’s no question that the world economic situation has had an impact on the ability of many governments around the world to give and give generously.”