A typhoon survivor smokes a cigarette while resting by the entrance of his bathroom, the only part of his house still standing, in Tacloban city in central Philippines December 17, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
MANILA (Reuters) - The United Nations on Friday urged the Philippines to speed up completion of housing for thousands of people made homeless by super typhoon Haiyan nearly two years ago.
Haiyan, the strongest-ever storm to make landfall in the Philippines, killed more than 6,300 people and displaced 4.1 million in 2013."Many families remain housed in collective 'bunkhouses' that do not meet necessary minimum standards for the provision of basic needs and services," Chaloka Beyani, U.N. special rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, said in a news conference in Manila.
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