On May 7, U.S.Consul General Zachary Harkenrider joined Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Chairman National Disaster Management Authority Maj. Gen Asghar Nawaz, Country Director WFP Lola Castro at the hand-over ceremony of a Humanitarian Response Facility to the Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority. The $3 million state-of-the-art facility has been established by the World Food Program with contribution from USAID, Japan, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, and Denmark. The facility is among 8 being established around the country to augment the emergency and disaster response capacity of the government and the international humanitarian community in Pakistan.
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2015-05-07 16:22
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usaid_pakistan/17392220966/">Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop being briefed on the Humanitarian Response Facility</a>