In Myanmar on Friday, two powerful tremors of magnitude 7..7 and .4.5 were felt on the Richter scale, causing severe damage to life and property. According to the country’s military leadership, about two thousand people have been killed so far.
Senior UN Officer Marcoluig Corse expressed deep condolences about the casualties of a large number of ordinary people. Many people are still reported to be missing and a campaign is still being run in search of them.
The UN ambassador coordinator has said that UN agencies and partners are trying to promote emergency campaigns and committed to providing relief to all communities.
Earthquakes have a significant impact on Mandel, Sagaying, Bugo, Magway, Nappo and Shan province. Hospitals have a horrible method and have disrupted communication and transport routes.
Thousands of people are still spending the night open. They are afraid to shake the earthquake again and they are afraid to come back to the damaged home.
With the United Nations, rescue teams from about 20 countries have been sent here, which contains other types of assistance that helps dogs supply, search operations.
The disaster in Myanmar has come at a time when the country has been fighting the Civil War for the past several years since the military coup in February 2021, which displaced ordinary citizens in large shape.
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Resident Coordinator Korsi said that even before the earthquake, about two million people in the country needed humanitarian assistance. Now because of this tragedy, already serious and unfortunate forms will be taken and the benefits of the local community will weaken, which were already going through violent conflict, displacement and catastrophe.
Myanmar’s UN humanitarian team with other companies has quickly evaluated the requirements arising after the earthquake, which focused special attention to the needs of women, children, elders and the disabled.
Marcoluig Corse said that all efforts were being made to reach the needy, despite the challenges related to assistance activities in the United Nations Mandal and its surrounding areas.
“More efforts need to be made in the coming days and weeks.” The rally coordinator warned that timely assistance was needed to prevent this crisis from deterioration.
Many roads have been damaged due to an earthquake in Myanmar.
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Meanwhile, Julie Bishop, the UN Special Envoy for Myanmar, in his statement on Monday, expressed solidarity with Myanmar people in this difficult time.
He said that the earthquake has revealed a subtle situation for the people of Myanmar and has shown that the international community has to focus on the continuous crisis.
The military leadership has ended the control of a large part of the country in a violent battle with anti -armed groups in Myanmar.
Special Ambassador Bishop said that all alert parties need to provide space for humanitarian relief and to ensure that relief workers can fulfill their duties through adequate security.
In view of this, he was called a ceasefire with the intention of dealing with the situation after the earthquake, providing relief to the victims so that it could be possible to move forward and remove the ordinary citizens from this challenge.