OTTAWA – International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says the global community has to do more to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe as Iraqi and ISIS forces fight for the city of Mosul.
Aid groups, together with the UN, launched an appeal in July for $284 million to prepare for an expected flood of people whenever Iraqi and Kurdish forces launched their attack to reclaim Iraq’s second-largest city.
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But while the long-anticipated attack started Monday, the UN says less than half of what is needed has been donated by the international community.
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As a result, aid groups say they are ready to help only a fraction of the estimated 1.2 million people believed trapped inside Mosul.
Canada is the fifth-largest donor when it comes to humanitarian aid for Iraq.
Bibeau says the international community has a responsibility to help and that all donors must respond.
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