The United Nations said it would be forced to ground helicopters that had been ferrying aid to Myanmar’s cyclone survivors unless donors quickly provided more financing. Read more »
WHAT KIND of perverted governance would hand out punishment to volunteers helping bury the dead with dignity in the aftermath of the killer cyclone Nargis? One does not have to look far for an answer – it is the brutal and repressive military regime in Myanmar, which dabbles in such malevolent behaviour with aplomb where the civilized world would even hesitate to ponder on such matters. Read more »
A team of aid experts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the UN will have full access to parts of cyclone-devastated Myanmar, ASEAN’s secretary general said Thursday. Read more »
An international appeal to aid 2.4 million survivors of last month’s cyclone disaster in Myanmar is only 40 percent funded, the United Nations said. Read more »
U.N. helicopters are delivering aid to Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta Monday for the first time, bringing supplies to people struggling to survive since Cyclone Nargis devastated the region May 3. Read more »
WFP continues to make progress in reaching victims of Cyclone Nargis which struck Myanmar on 2 and 3 May 2008. Read more »
The Pentagon’s Pacific Command announced that Navy ships off the coast of Myanmar ready to offer assistance for cyclone victims would leave Thursday because the ruling junta had not approved. Read more »
