President Obama visited Israel last month, where he promised the United States would provide more security assistance, including advanced military technology, to Israel.
Mr. Martinez said that in the future the department would probably approve more assistance, perhaps including some low-cost housing, for downtown residents.
One way to relieve the stigma is to fingerprint many more people getting government assistance, including business leaders.
The $60 million is on top of more than $50 million in assistance, including communications equipment, that the United States has already provided to local councils and civil activists.
A day earlier, the Security Council had met on the humanitarian situation in the country, where upwards of 21 million people require assistance, including more than 14 million who are food insecure — and where Saudi-led forces have bombed military and, with some frequency, civilian sites, for nearly a year.
The Highway Patrol has responded to more than 400 calls for assistance, including 10 crashes.
According to the UN, more than 9m Syrians need assistance, including 6.5m displaced inside their own country.
Citing government figures, Haq said an estimated 8 million people had been affected in 39 of Nepal's districts, and more than 1.4 million need food assistance, including 750,000 who live near the epicentre in poor-quality housing.
Relief workers say they have reached more than two million people with emergency assistance, including food, clean water and medicine, but they acknowledge that the crisis is expanding faster than they can provide help.
The UN said more than 1.4 million people need food assistance, including 750,000 who live near the quake's epicentre in poor quality housing.
