Image buruk Pakistan juga disebarkan oleh Holywood seperti misalnya dalam film From Paris With Love. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Paris_with_Love_%28film%29
Pada bagian akhir film tersebut sang wanita cantik yang mengenakan rompi bom bunuh mengatakan: "I'm at peace now." Komentar saya pada para kolega saya di kantor: "How could you be at peace when you were about to kill people." --- In [email protected], "sunny" <am...@...> wrote: > > http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/poor-image-hurts-pakistan-funds-appeal-20100817-1276n.html > > Poor image hurts Pakistan funds appeal > Agnes Pedrero > August 17, 2010 - 5:54AM > AFP > > Aid agencies are struggling to get funds for millions of Pakistan flood > victims because the country suffers from an "image deficit", aid officials > say, with some blaming perceived links with the Taliban and terrorism. > > The international response to the disaster was described as "pitiful" by > Britain's Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, who said many countries have > also failed to grasp the scale of the catastrophe, which has affected up to > 20 million people. > > Elizabeth Byrs, spokeswoman of the UN Office for the Coordination of > Humanitarian Affairs, said: "We note often an image deficit with regards to > Pakistan among Western public opinion." > > As a result, Pakistan is among countries that are poorly financed, like > Yemen," she added. > > Melanie Brooks, spokeswoman of the aid group Care International, insisted > that the United Nations must explain to donor states that "the money is not > going to go to the hands of the Taliban". > > "The victims are the mothers, the farmers, children. But in the past, > information linked to Pakistan has always been linked to (the) Taliban and > terrorism," she said. > > Filipe Ribeiro, the director-general of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), also > pointed to the "bad press" surrounding Pakistan as a reason for the slow flow > of aid funds. > > "In the media, Pakistan is clearly a country linked to terrorism and > corruption, that there, the victims are not as innocent as others," he said. > > The United Nations has been struggling to obtain $US460 million ($A515 > million) to provide emergency aid to six million victims of the country > ravaged by heavy flooding. > > According to the latest update of funding pledges, the international > community has transferred $US148 million ($A166 million) or 32 per cent of > the total needed to the UN since the appeal was launched last week. > > The United States has made the biggest contribution so far, while Britain was > the second largest country donor. > > The World Bank said on Monday it has agreedto provide a $US900 million > ($A1.01 billion) loan to Pakistan following a request from Islamabad. > > Clegg, who has taken day-to-day charge of the government while Prime Minister > David Cameron is on holiday, said while Britain had taken a leading role in > the relief effort, other countries needed to do more. > > "The response from the international community as a whole, I have to say, has > been lamentable. It's been absolutely pitiful," said Clegg. > > "One of the reasons may be because this is a disaster on a scale that people > are struggling to understand. > > "We have already taken a lead in the international effort but we need other > people to help." > > UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also urged the world to speed up aid for the > country when he flew in on Sunday to visit areas ravaged by record floods. > > According to Pakistani authorities, around a quarter of the country, which > extends over 800,000 square kilometres and counts 167 million inhabitants, > has been affected by the floods over the last three weeks. > > The United Nations estimates 14 million people have been affected and 1600 > have died. The government in Islamabad has confirmed 1384 deaths. > > Billions would be needed in the long term to reconstruct the villages, > infrastructure and harvests devastated by the floods, the UN said, also > warning of the threat of waterborne diseases. > > © 2010 AFP > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
