Pakistan flood crisis:

UN reiterates aid appeal

Pakistan: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres called on the international community Thursday to do more to support Pakistan, devastated over the past month by the worst flooding in history.

Guterres, who plans to meet with President Asif Ali Zardari and other authorities, visited several sites in the northwestern region, one of the hardest-hit by the flooding.

The UN will make another appeal to donors today to ask for more money to assist victims, given that only 67 percent of the initial $459.7 million promised has been received. Islamabad established a supervisory body Thursday to handle international aid.

Flooding caused by the monsoon seasonal rains covered one-fifth of Pakistan and affecte 21 million people, 10 million of whom lost their homes. Islamabad, Prensa Latina