I am particularly concerned about the potential for a Secondary Humanitarian Public Health Crisis due to the slow draining of waters from Sindh province and parts of Punjab, the lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities, and inadequate health facilities to treat the outbreak of water-borne disease.

If the international community's initial response was so woefully inadequate, can the Secretary of State tell us that he is now confident that it will be better geared in response to the Secondary Humanitarian Public Health Crisis that he anticipates; and will others be there for the long-term reconstruction needs, in the way that he has underlined in the commitments that he has given today?