{"id":138999,"date":"2025-04-11T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/myanmar-un-seeks-additional-240-million-to-bolster-earthquake-relief\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T09:00:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T06:00:59","slug":"myanmar-un-seeks-additional-240-million-to-bolster-earthquake-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/myanmar-un-seeks-additional-240-million-to-bolster-earthquake-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar: UN seeks additional $240 million to bolster earthquake relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138999\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The United Nations is ramping up its response to Myanmar\u2019s devastating earthquake, calling for increased funding and an immediate ceasefire to ensure more aid reaches those in desperate need. The 7.7 magnitude earthquake \u2013 which struck on March 28 \u2013 has claimed over 3,600 lives, injured a further 4,800 people and left 184 still missing.<\/p>\n<p>The disaster has affected more than nine million people across 58 townships, with thousands of buildings, including hospitals and schools, reduced to rubble. Aftershocks continue to rattle the hardest-hit regions, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis. In response, UN agencies are calling for an additional $241.6 million to aid those in the most affected regions, while also channelling $134 million from the 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Myanmar \u2013 which was released in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The revised plan identifies around two million newly affected people in urgent need of assistance, adding to the 4.3 million who were already in need before the quake. Myanmar was already in crisis before the disaster, with nearly 20 million \u2013 roughly a third of the population \u2013 in need of humanitarian assistance and protection, amid a brutal civil war between the forces of the military junta which seized power in February 2021 and opposition militias.<\/p>\n<p>During a visit to Myanmar, UN Special Envoy Julie Bishop met with communities devastated by the quake and urged international support for both immediate relief and long-term reconstruction. She reiterated the urgent need for a ceasefire to enable humanitarian response and recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to continue to urge for a ceasefire, to stop the killing, stop the conflict so that the humanitarian workers, the search and rescue teams and those involved in rebuilding and reconstruction have the space to operate safely and securely,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Bishop described the destruction as \u201cheartbreaking\u201d and praised the resilience of survivors. \u201cI was particularly struck by those who have lost their homes but are determined to rebuild amid the rubble,\u201d she said, stressing the need for global support. \u201cThe international community has a significant role to play in supporting additional funding during this particular time of need but also using their influence to ensure\u2026that all actors in this conflict put down their arms and focus their efforts on restoring the shattered lives of the people of Myanmar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Response overwhelmed<\/em><br \/>\nUN agencies report that Myanmar\u2019s vital public services, already strained by conflict and instability, are now overwhelmed. Myanmar\u2019s remaining health facilities have critical shortages of medical supplies, the UN Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) said in a humanitarian bulletin. More than 193 healthcare centres and 2,311 schools have been damaged or destroyed, while ongoing infrastructure failures have led to food shortages, rising prices, and an increased risk of infectious diseases.<\/p>\n<p>A cluster of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) cases has already been reported in Sagaing and Mandalay, exacerbated by the destruction of sanitation systems. Furthermore, extreme heat \u2013 reaching 44\u00b0C (111\u00b0F) \u2013 and heavy, off-season rains have worsened conditions for survivors, many of whom remain without shelter.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fragile infrastructure exposed<\/em><br \/>\nThe earthquake has also reignited concerns about Myanmar\u2019s fragile infrastructure. The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) warned that rebuilding roads, bridges and key public buildings must be prioritised to prevent future disasters inflicting a similar level of damage. \u201cThis is not optional \u2013 it is a social and economic imperative,\u201d the commission said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/04\/1162111\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vau-viikkokatsaus\/myanmar-un-seeks-additional-240-million-to-bolster-earthquake-relief\/\">Myanmar: UN seeks additional $240 million to bolster earthquake relief<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[18534,4374,402,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-138999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-bolster-earthquake-relief","tag-myanmar","tag-un","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}