Islamabad, August 16 (Saba) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, currently visiting Pakistan, announced additional 10 million US dollars from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund for the relief and rescue of flood affected people, taking the total UN assistance to 27 million, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA).

"I feel distressed by the devastation caused by floods," the UN Secretary General said at a joint press conference along with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari after visiting the floods-hit areas, China''s news agency (Xinhua) reported Monday.

"I have witnessed various disasters across the world, but nothing like this, as the scale of this disaster is so large that one out of every ten Pakistanis has been affected," he said. He added that number of the affected people has reached nearly 20 million.

The UN Secretary-General arrived in Islamabad Sunday morning to see the flood-hit areas, saying that the whole world is behind Pakistan in the hour of trial.

The visit came days after the UN launched appeal for 460 million dollars to help Pakistan tackle the needs of flood- affected families. UN officials said about 20 percent has been received so far.

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