This is not the time to wait for visas to provide aid to the people who are dying from starvation and lack of water in Burma’s Delta areas.

International Governments and the United Nations can no longer pay any attention to the sham sovereignty of the State Peace and Development Council. Any delays in providing aid to our people just adds to the unbearably long list of crimes against humanity already committed by the military junta.

We are calling on all governments and UN bodies to provide aid immediately to our people who are dying in their thousands. International humanitarian organizations and local community organizations must do whatever they can to prevent further deaths and to restore life in Burma. This is not the time to respect Burma’s border controls. National restrictions that are causing further deaths, do not deserve anyone’s respect.

The global community has a responsibility to protect its citizens. The SPDC has time and again failed to protect the people of Burma, and this time the scale of their neglect is killing our people. The United Nations must invoke the Responsibility To Protect, even if it is necessary to coerce or force the regime to comply with providing protection and rehabilitation to its citizens.

For Further Information

Dr Cynthia Maung
win7@loxinfo.co.th