The United Nations on Monday said the international community and the Syrian government were not moving fast enough to help victims of a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that hit Turkey on Feb. 6. So far, the death toll has nearly 48,000 in Turkey and 6,000 in Syria.
The United Nations’ independent International Commission on Investigating Syria said on Monday it should launch an investigation into the lengthy delay in opening the border, the Associated Press reported on March 13. weeks so that relief supplies can pass through.
The United Nations committee made it clear that Neither the international community nor the Syrian government moved quickly enough to help the victims after the Feb. 6 quake, according to VOA. And about 18 km underground, on the “Eastern Anatolian Fault”, this earthquake sent the tremor northeast. Damage to central Turkey and Syria.
The death toll from the earthquake in Turkey so far reached Sunday was 47,975, the official figures for Ankara and the United Nations estimated at around 6,000 people and as many as many boats had died in the quake in Syria. 230,000 houses in Turkey that collapsed after the earthquake
The special committee said Syria now needs a comprehensive ceasefire order to guarantee its civilians. Safe relief workers
The AP reported that It took weeks for the United Nations and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to agree on opening two more border crossings into rebel-held Syrian-influenced areas bordering Turkey. Many people are still trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building.
Paulo Pinheiro, a member of the United Nations Standing Committee, spoke in a statement in Geneva. of Switzerland in one episode has the meaning that
“We, too, bear witness to the stark failure by both governments and the international community, including the United Nations, in delivering immediate, life-saving relief aid to northwestern Syria.”
He continued: The player’s failure has resulted in the northwestern region of Syria being the center of indifference. The urgent assistance mentioned by Pineru also includes Rescue teams and equipment during the first week of an earthquake is a critical moment.
