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Liberation of Mosul to Cause Largest Humanitarian Crisis in 2016 - UN

© AP Photo / Alice MartinsChild stands among women and children in a building housing displaced civilians, in Makhmour, east of Mosul, Iraq (File)
Child stands among women and children in a building housing displaced civilians, in Makhmour, east of Mosul, Iraq (File) - Sputnik International
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The military operation aimed at liberating Mosul, Iraqi second biggest city, will result in the largest humanitarian crisis in 2016, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) Jan Kubis said Friday.

U.S. Army soldiers,Mosul, north of Baghdad, Iraq (File) - Sputnik International
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – He noted that more than 10 million Iraqis need humanitarian assistance with about 3.4 million people being displaced.

"OCHA [United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs] estimates that the Mosul operation will be the largest and most sensitive humanitarian crisis in the world in 2016, and it is vital that resources are made available now to make timely preparations possible," Kubis said at the UN Security Council session.

"The humanitarian appeal for 2016 requested US$861 million. As I stand before you today, it is only funded at 38 per cent," Kubis added.

Mosul as well as a many other northern and western Iraqi cities and towns were seized in 2014 during an offensive of Daesh terrorist group.

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