The United Nations on Thursday made a fresh appeal, urging governments across the globe to donate US $ 300 million more to help Burma recover from the devastating effects of Cyclone Nargis, which left more than 138,000 dead and missing. Read more »
Print This Email To A Friend June 22nd, 2008 No More Money, No Aid Delivery
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 »
Print This Email To A Friend June 20th, 2008 Burying cyclone dead a crime in Myanmar
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 »
Print This Email To A Friend June 12th, 2008 Aid Team Will Have Full Access in Myanmar
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 »
Print This Email To A Friend June 12th, 2008 Only 40% Funded for Cyclone Nargis Appeal
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 »
Print This Email To A Friend June 10th, 2008 UN boosts helicopter fleet in Myanmar
WFP continues to make progress in reaching victims of Cyclone Nargis which struck Myanmar on 2 and 3 May 2008. Read more »
Print This Email To A Friend June 5th, 2008 Myanmar faces second wave of deaths
Print This Email To A Friend June 4th, 2008 Navy Aid Ships to Leave
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 »
Print This Email To A Friend May 28th, 2008 Myanmar allows Foreign Aid Workers
Myanmar is allowing some foreign aid workers to enter remote areas hard hit by the May 3 cyclone in what relief agencies said Tuesday appeared to be the beginning of a new policy that fulfills a pledge made last week to the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon. Read more »
