BBCNEWS Fault Line July 6, 2024
within 48 hours of a request. in northwest syria, that didn't happen. what matters in terms of responding to an earthquake is time and what the sort of, the immediacy of the response. and the un just stood there, like, completely paralysed. in this film, we ask, what took the united nations so long? to deliver humanitarian aid across an international border, we need either the consent of the government or in the case that we have in syria, a binding security council resolution. on monday 6th february 00.47am, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 strikes near gaziantep in south—east turke...