UN says China must give more aid to Pakistan

(19 Oct 2005) 1. Wide walk into room by Jan Egeland, United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs 2. Cutaway reporters 3. SOUNDBITE (English): Jan Egeland, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs: "Pakistan is a neighbouring country to China. There is a common border. I've asked very concretely here for 20-thousand winter tents. I've asked for 10 helicopters and I've asked for as much cash money immediately as possible." 4. UN officials at head table 5. SOUNDBITE (English): Jan Egeland, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs: "We have transport problems, we have communications problems. Too little money. We have too little inputs of relief material and especially tents has become a nightmare in this operation. We've emptied all the stocks on earth that we know of, all the UN has, all that we know of we have emptied and we still do not have enough. That's why China's enormous resources are so important to us." 6. Cutaway reporters 7. SOUNDBITE (English): Jan Egeland, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs: "China and Pakistan share a common border. There is a highway that can be used that goes straight down into the area. So one of the things that I've suggested that they consider is to have a fleet of heavy trucks that can go with assistance there and help with distribution in the area. The political problems between India and Pakistan means that we do not have the opportunity to cross massively from that side." 8. Jan Egeland waves and steps into limousine 9. UN flag on limousine 10. Wide shot car driving away STORYLINE: The United Nations' top relief coordinator called on China on Wednesday to fulfil its obligation as a rising world power and give more to help survivors of the catastrophic South Asia earthquake. Jan Egeland, the UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs said because China shared a border with Pakistan, it was in a good position to help. He met earlier on Wednesday with Chinese foreign ministry officials, asking for 20-thousand winter tents, 10 helicopters and as much cash as possible. China, which is a close ally of hard-hit Pakistan, has already pledged US 6.2 (m) million dollars directly to Islamabad and has traditionally balked at sending money through multilateral agencies. But, Egeland said not enough aid is reaching the quake zone. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...