UN gathering seeks aid for Pakistan after devastating floods

GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations is hosting a conference on Monday to help Pakistan cope with the fallout of last summer’s devastating flooding that killed more than 1,700 people and displaced about 8 million, a disaster blamed in part on the impact of climate change.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif was joining U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in-person. World leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, were taking part virtually as countries chip in to help Pakistan pull together an estimated $16.3 billion that’s needed to help rebuild and recover.

Authorities in Pakistan hope about half of that funding need will come from the international community.

The conference has

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