Ban Ki-moon: "Make no mistake, this is a global disaster"
The UN has launched a special meeting of the General Assembly to try to boost the international aid commitment to flood-stricken Pakistan.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the session the floods were like "a slow-motion tsunami" that presented an ongoing crisis.
The UN says it has raised nearly half the $460m (£295m) wanted for initial relief but the response remains slow.
Large parts of the country remain submerged after weeks of heavy rain.
There are fears of more flooding as water continues to surge south down the Indus River.
At least 1,500 people have died in the floods, which have destroyed roads and bridges, flooded farmland and knocked out power stations.
More than four million people have no shelter, and millions more need immediate assistance, the UN says, yet only about half the $460m (£295m) wanted for initial relief has been committed.
Pakistani officials say 20 million people have been affected by the disaster. Tens of thousands of villages remain underwater.
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