UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Tuesday (February 14) the intergovernmental organization is launching a humanitarian appeal for $397mn for the people of earthquake-hit Syria. Reportedly, the funds will cover a three-month period.
Antonio Guterres also told reporters that the United Nations is in the final stages of a similar appeal for Türkiye.
Reportedly, in the immediate aftermath of the earthquakes, the United Nations rapidly provided $50mn through the Central Emergency Response Fund.
'But the needs are immense,' Guterres said, pointing out that one week after the devastating earthquakes, millions of people across the region are struggling for survival, homeless and in freezing temperatures.
'I urge member states and others to fully fund this effort without delay and help the millions of children, women, and men whose lives have been upended by this generational disaster,' Guterres noted.
Following the data of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 8.8mn people in Syria were affected by last week's devastating earthquakes. The damage is more severe in the north-west of the country, where more than 4.2mn people have been affected in Aleppo, and 3mn people have been affected in Idlib, OCHA said Tuesday in a press release, adding that more than 7,400 constructions have been completely or partially demolished.
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