The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Syria to facilitate the delivery of aid to the victims of the earthquake that devastated part of the country at the beginning of the week.

The Commission said in a tweet that Volker Türk "calls for an immediate ceasefire in Syria and full respect for human rights and the obligations of humanitarian law, with the aim of delivering aid to everyone."

"At this terrible time in Turkey and Syria, we call for urgent assistance to all those who need it," Türk added.

Because of the ongoing war in Syria since 2011, it is difficult to deliver the necessary humanitarian aid, especially to opposition-held areas in the northwest of the country.

Until now, the bulk of this aid arrives from Turkey, specifically through the Bab al-Hawa crossing, the only permitted one, between Syria and Turkey.

On Friday, the Syrian government agreed to deliver humanitarian aid to areas outside its control in the north of the country, about five days after the devastating earthquake, according to the official Syrian Media Agency (SANA).

The Council of Ministers announced in a statement after an extraordinary session that "the supervision of the International Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent over the distribution of this aid, with the help of United Nations organizations, will ensure that it reaches those who deserve it."