The UN will proceed to assist Türkiye following the Feb. 6 twin earthquakes, a UN official mentioned on Thursday.
“You must remember that Turkey is a founding member of the United Nations. So we’ve been here since that time and we will continue to be here as long as we have support to the Turkish Government and people,” UN Resident Coordinator in Türkiye Alvaro Rodriguez advised Anadolu.
Rodriguez visited the tent metropolis established in a stadium within the southern Hatay province.
“We already know that we have eight and in fact there will be a ninth hospital that will be coming here.”
He mentioned the UN actions within the province embody search and rescue efforts, humanitarian response reminiscent of offering meals and medication in addition to is restoration and reconstruction.
“Now we hope that the second part is humanitarian part (that) will final roughly three months.
“Then we start another phase which is the recovery and reconstruction. And there are other agencies of the UN will be involved the agencies that actually focus on livelihoods, focus on reconstruction, focus on environment, for example, so that we can restore the economy of the 11 provinces affected.”
On Feb. 6, two highly effective earthquakes-magnitude 7.7 and seven.6-struck southern Türkiye.
The large tremors, centered in Kahramanmaras province, additionally shook 10 different provinces-Hatay, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye, Sanliurfa, and Elazig.
More than 45,000 individuals have been killed within the earthquakes in Türkiye and a few 13.5 million individuals have been affected, with 1000’s of buildings collapsing in its wake.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
