I am very pleased to be joined by Minister Qureshi of Pakistan. We have just wrapped up a very productive meeting. I thank the many Ministers who have expressed their support and solidarity.

We are here today to join hands and hearts with the people of Pakistan. We are here to send a clear message that they are not alone. We are here to pledge that we will do all we can, every step of the way –from relief to recovery to reconstruction.

This will take much effort by all of us in the months and years to come. It will require adequate and sustained funding.

We will continue our focus –including through an October Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends in Brussels, as well as the Pakistan Development Forum.

Let there be no doubt: The floods of Pakistan are a challenge for the world. The human scale and geographic scope of this emergency make it one of the worst natural disasters any country has faced in recent years.

Today, we say with one voice: the world is with the people of Pakistan. We are all in this together.

Thank you very much.