Pakistan Says Floods Washed Away Development Progress

Pakistan said that the massive floods severely affecting 20 million people have also destroyed many of the country’s accomplishments in building a viable infrastructure, food crops and health services.

Pakistan had been trying to meet the Millennium Development Goals, until this summer’s floods caused the worst humanitarian disaster in the country’s history.

All developing countries were meeting in New York for the second day to review progress since 2000 in meeting the goals, which set concrete expectations for 2015.