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Pakistan flood aid not getting through - UN | Published 08.18.10
Daniel Toole of Unicef: ''It is probably the biggest emergency on the planet today''
Source: BBC
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UN aid agencies have said hundreds of thousands of people affected by the floods in Pakistan have yet to receive aid, adding that the relief operation remains underfunded.
Officials say the humanitarian situation there remains one of the most serious they have ever experienced. Six million people are in need of immediate assistance, they add.
The obstacles are logistical - bridges have been washed away, roads blocked by landslides - and financial, reports the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva.
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