John Yang:

On Monday, the United Nations and Pakistan are to host a one-day international conference in Geneva with the goal of raising about half to $16 billion needed to help survivors and to rebuild.

Masood Khan is Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States. Mr. Khan, thank you very much for joining us. How dire is the need right now in Pakistan? Give us the — we saw some of the pictures, but how bad is the need?

Masood Khan, Pakistan's Ambassador to the U.S.: The situation is very bad. As a matter of fact, there's a misperception that the two phases of relief and recovery are over. They aren't over. I mean, we need immediate humanitarian assistance, but we also need dire assistance for rehabilitation and reconstruction. So, this was the worst climate disaster in Pakistan and one of the worst climate disasters in the world. So, we are living with the consequences of that climate induced disaster and we need the help of the international community that needs a dire.

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