Donors give £300m more for quake victims

Countries and other donors told the United Nations today they were pledging an additional £300m (€440m) for Pakistani earthquake victims, but UN officials said it was unclear how much was going to combined emergency relief efforts.

“The United Nations is grateful for the additional pledges so far of £300million to the assistance efforts in northern Pakistan,” top UN relief co-ordinator Jan Egeland said in a statement read to reporters outside a donors meeting.