The international community quickly responded to the rescue efforts after the earthquake in Venezuela.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said at a press briefing in Geneva on the 26th that the international community is mobilizing at an unprecedented scale, with a total of more than 1,000 personnel from 25 search and rescue teams and medical teams from various countries being deployed to Venezuela. Jens Laerke, a spokesperson for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told reporters that a United Nations disaster assessment team and a four-member action support team had also been mobilized, along with multiple staff members of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs being dispatched to Venezuela. The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund has allocated $15 million. In addition to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, organizations such as the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Pan American Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights were also present at the press briefing, expressing concern and response to the earthquake disaster in Venezuela. Matthew Saltmarsh, a spokesperson for the United Nations Refugee Agency, said the agency was urgently mobilizing personnel and resources to respond to the impact of the destructive earthquake in Venezuela. The agency is prepared to support rescue operations in collaboration with United Nations partners. Saltmarsh noted that Latin America and the Caribbean region have received 6.9 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants, with 4 million in need of assistance. He emphasized that conducting search and rescue operations in Venezuela remains a top priority. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies stated that within hours of the earthquake, the organization allocated 2 million Swiss francs and launched an emergency appeal for 50 million Swiss francs on the 26th. On the morning of the 26th, the first 17 tons of relief supplies were dispatched from the organization's humanitarian aid center in Panama. Ciro Ugarte, Director of the Department of Emergency Health at the Pan American Health Organization, said the organization, along with the World Health Organization, is working with various departments in Venezuela to search and rescue the affected individuals and provide emergency medical treatment to the injured. The regional emergency response team of the Pan American Health Organization is prepared, with experts on standby to assist. Zoe Brennan, a spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration, said the disaster could potentially affect 6.67 million people, with the capital city of Caracas alone affected by 2 million people. The organization is collaborating with the Venezuelan government to assess the losses and working with the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies to provide assistance to affected communities. Basic relief supplies have already been pre-positioned in Caracas. A powerful earthquake struck Venezuela on the 24th, and on the 26th, Jorge Rodrguez, President of the National Assembly, reported that the death toll had risen to 920.
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