India handed over a cheque of $20 million to UN chief Ban Ki-moon for relief and rehabilitation of flood-affected people in Pakistan. Welcoming the contribution from the Indian government, Ban said: "I hope this money will be used for those who really need the warm hands of the international community."
"Natural disasters do not respect national boundaries," India's envoy to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri, said after handing over the cheque to Ban in the presence of Pakistan's envoy to UN, Abdullah Hussain Haroon. "This is a small but significant gesture from the highest levels of the Indian Government, conveying that the people of India stand by the people of Pakistan in their hour of need," Puri said, adding that India has given an additional $5 million to the World Food Program.