The organization’s representative in Turkey, Louisa Vinton, said this estimate is based on a joint assessment by the United Nations, the World Bank, the European Union and the Turkish government.
This number does not include funds to rebuild cities in northern Syria that have been devastated by natural disasters and where humanitarian aid is more difficult to deliver for security and logistical reasons.
According to Vinton, earthquakes in the ten affected Turkish provinces destroyed at least 214,000 buildings, killed 46,000 people and forced 2.7 million residents to leave the area.
Related note: Turkey increased death toll in earthquake to 46,000
The official lamented that only 9.6% of the $1 billion in aid initially pledged to the country reached Turkey, making it difficult to implement the reconstruction plans announced by the Turkish government.
An international donor conference will take place in Brussels on March 16, where countries will try to raise the 100,000 million euros they deem necessary.
Vinton stressed that the most urgent needs in this sense are the adaptation of waste treatment facilities, basic services for displaced persons and the reconstruction of lost cultural heritage.
Source: Ultimahora
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