UNITED NATIONS: The devastating earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria have killed at least 50,000 people with many more injured, tens of thousands still missing and hundreds of thousands homeless, the UN humanitarian chief said on Tuesday (Feb 28). Martin Griffiths told the UN Security Council that th
UNITED NATIONS: The devastating earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria have killed at least 50,000 people with many more injured, tens of thousands still missing and hundreds of thousands homeless, the UN humanitarian chief said on Tuesday .
Griffiths told the council meeting focusing on Syria that before the earthquakes 15.3 million people - 70 per cent of the country’s population - needed humanitarian assistance, and he said he saw during a post-quake visit that in harsh winter conditions entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed. “Women and children face increased harassment, violence and risk of exploitation and the need for psychosocial support is great,” he said.
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