Rich countries ‘failing to respond’ to quake appeal

RICH countries have failed to donate enough to the UN appeal to help the victims of the earthquake which devastated Pakistan earlier this month, according to a leading charity.

Research for Oxfam revealed the UN appeal for $312 million (€257m) in aid has seen only $90m (€74m) pledged so far.

Individual contributions were gauged according to the relative size of a country’s economy as a proportion of the OECD total.