By By Gemma Fox Aug 19, 2010 in World The British aid agency Oxfam has slammed the international response to the flood crisis in Pakistan and has described it as "feeble and woefully inadequate". Britain needs to donate more, according to the aid agency. Later in the day a special meeting of the UN is to be held in New York with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expected to urge UN member states to urge the adoption of a resolution which will ask the international community "to extend full support and assistance" to the crisis hit Pakistan. While Japan and Australia have pledged a higher commitment to aid relief, the EU has promised an extra £25 million and the Islamic Development Bank has pledged £7m. Oxfam's country director in Pakistan, Neva Khan said, "The UK government has made a good start in committing more than £30m, but it can and should do much more to help the people of Pakistan. Britain should be leading from the front by committing more aid money and continuing to press other wealthy countries. So far, the response from Europe has been feeble. In addition, the UK government needs to make sure funds are channelled through to frontline aid agencies like Oxfam as quickly and efficiently as possible. At the moment, the money is taking far too long to come through." Millions of people have had their lives severely disrupted since the floods hit and three million people alone in Sindh have been affected. It's thought that 1,600 people have already died as they succumbed to the flood water but many more are expected to die through diseases such as Cholera and the United Nations has expressed concern that as many as 3.5 million children could be at risk of disease contracted through diseased water and insects. Hundreds of villages have been cut off and many villagers have also seen their livelihoods taken from them as hundreds of cattle also drowned in the floods. Weather forecasters have predicted that the monsoon should ease shortly which will bring some relief to the region. The UN, to highlight the area affected by the flooding says that the area covered by Austria, Switzerland and Belgium combined is roughly the same size. Sky News reports that the international community has only donated only half of the £295 million needed to fund the initial relief effort.Later in the day a special meeting of the UN is to be held in New York with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expected to urge UN member states to urge the adoption of a resolution which will ask the international community "to extend full support and assistance" to the crisis hit Pakistan.While Japan and Australia have pledged a higher commitment to aid relief, the EU has promised an extra £25 million and the Islamic Development Bank has pledged £7m.Oxfam's country director in Pakistan, Neva Khan said, "The UK government has made a good start in committing more than £30m, but it can and should do much more to help the people of Pakistan. Britain should be leading from the front by committing more aid money and continuing to press other wealthy countries. So far, the response from Europe has been feeble. In addition, the UK government needs to make sure funds are channelled through to frontline aid agencies like Oxfam as quickly and efficiently as possible. At the moment, the money is taking far too long to come through."Millions of people have had their lives severely disrupted since the floods hit and three million people alone in Sindh have been affected. It's thought that 1,600 people have already died as they succumbed to the flood water but many more are expected to die through diseases such as Cholera and the United Nations has expressed concern that as many as 3.5 million children could be at risk of disease contracted through diseased water and insects.Hundreds of villages have been cut off and many villagers have also seen their livelihoods taken from them as hundreds of cattle also drowned in the floods.Weather forecasters have predicted that the monsoon should ease shortly which will bring some relief to the region.The UN, to highlight the area affected by the flooding says that the area covered by Austria, Switzerland and Belgium combined is roughly the same size. More about Pakistan, Flood, United Nations, Oxfam, International community More news from pakistan flood united nations oxfam international commun...