28 Oct. 2005

Pakistan and UNHCR ask for further NATO assistance News 30/10/2005 - SHAPE Dutch medical team and NRF Land Component Headquarters arrives in Pakistan 30/10/2005 - SHAPE Latest airlift updates and statistics 28/10/2005 - EADRCC Situation reports on donations by NATO and partner countries (EADRCC) 25/10/2005 -SHAPE NATO Response Force arrives in Pakistan 21/10/2005 - NATO Statement by the Secretay General on enhanced NATO assistance for Pakistan Multimedia 19/10/2005 - NATO High resolution photos the arrival of the first NATO C-130 with tents and blankets from UNHCR from Incirlik, Turkey 17/10/2005 - NATO High resolution photos of the meeting of NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Maurits Jochems with the Prime Minister of Pakistan 16/10/2005 - NATO High resolution photos Antonov flight, 15 October 15/10/2005 - NATO High resolution photos of first NATO aid flight, 14 October Key links Latest operational updates Situation reports on donations by NATO and partner countries As NATO aid flights continue around the clock and Alliance troops are deployed to Pakistan for the relief effort, Pakistani and international authorities have asked for further NATO assistance. On 27 October, Additional Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Tariq Osman Hyder addressed a meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, asking for further assistance. He said that NATO could provide continued airlift, funds, logistic and airspace management, mobile fuel tanks, spare parts for helicopters and tactical aircraft, command and control, winterised tents and sleeping bags. More assistance That same day, NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre received from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees an urgent request for the transport of additional shelter and relief items stored in Turkey to Pakistan before the winter sets in. This would be in addition to a large quantity of UNHCR supplies that NATO has been airlifting from Turkey since 19 October, as well as donations by NATO member and countries, which are being aiflited from Germany since 13 October. To date, 32 NATO flights have lifted over 500 tonnes of supplies to Islamabad. The Alliance has also agreed to deploy engineer and medical units from the NATO Response Force to Pakistan to aid the relief effort. A NATO headquaters has alredy been deployed to liaise with Pakistani authorities and prepare the way for the arriving forces. 3 million without shelter Pakistan’s government estimates the official death toll of the 8 October earthquake at 54 000, with an estimated 78 000 injured and up to three million people homeless in the affected area. Most relief efforts concentrate in the north of Pakistan where the only means of transporting supplies to distant villages is by mule trains or helicopters.