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Pakistani PM reports global pledges of $9.7B in flood aid

Víctimas de inundaciones provocadas por las lluvias monzónicas usan una balsa improvisada con el fin de transportar paja para el ganado, el 5 de septiembre de 2022, en Jaffarabad, un distrito de la provincia de Baluchistán, en el suroeste de Pakistán. (AP Foto/Fareed Khan)

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, talks to the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif, right, during the International Conference on Climate-Resilient Pakistan, at the European headquarters of the United Nation, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

In this photo released by Press Information Department, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif speaks during press conference, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Sharif thanked the international institutions for pledging $9.7 billion at a recently held aid conference in Geneva to help Pakistan launch the much-awaited reconstruction in those areas affected by last summer's catastrophic flood that killed 1,739 people and affected 33 million. (Pakistan Press Information Dept. via AP)

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during the International Conference on Climate-Resilient Pakistan, at the European headquarters of the United Nation, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Pakistani PM reports global pledges of $9.7B in flood aid