Germany's Angela Merkel was the only G7 leader in attendance at the world's first Humanitarian Summit.
125 million people need daily assistance, says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The first ever World Humanitarian Summit opened on Monday in Istanbul, Turkey with UN member states and humanitarian agencies in attendance.
Erdogan criticised the international community saying that world's current humanitarian system has been inadequate to meet mankind's urgent needs.
Turkey is hosting the world's first humanitarian summit, which will bring together more than a hundred UN member states in Istanbul to address global humanitarian issues.
Over 5,000 participants are expected to attend the first UN-organised World Humanitarian Summit that will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on May 23 - 24.
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