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Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie said on Friday promises of help for Pakistan's earthquake survivors must be kept, and quickly, or many people could freeze to death as a bitter winter sets in reports Reuters
"There's another disaster that could happen very soon," Jolie told a news conference in the capital, which she attended with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres.
"There's so many wonderful pledges of money that could come in the next few years, but this winter is in the next few weeks," she said.
"So many people are in danger of possibly freezing to death."
Jolie , a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, travelled with Brad Pitt aboard a helicopter carrying food, blankets and plastic sheets.
The couple visited a remote village in a valley, the town of Balakot and a tent camp for survivors, refugee agency officials said.
The October quake left more than 73,000 people dead and millions homeless.
The United Nations said on Friday it had received $216 million for short-term emergency relief, or 39 percent of the amount it had appealed for, and said it urgently needed the rest before winter.
"The race to provide suitable shelter in time is not lost yet, but the consequences of failure, resulting from the lack of relief funds, could result in the deaths of vulnerable people," said U.N. relief official Jan Vandemoortele.
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