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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10201

27 August 2010
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/humanitarian aid
Providing shelter for millions and restoring agriculture are two short-term priorities, Georgieva says

Brussels, 26/08/2010 (Agence Europe) - Providing shelter and housing as quickly as possible for as many as possible of the millions of homeless Pakistanis and restoring agriculture as soon as the flood waters have subsided are, according to European International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, the two key short-term priorities. On her two-day visit to Pakistan, where, on Wednesday 24 August, she met victims of the most severe flooding the...