The United Nations was seeking $187 million (euro120.97 million) from donor nations to help cyclone survivors in Myanmar.
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President Bush plans to call Chinese President Hu Jintao in coming days to seek his help pressing the Burmese government to accept more disaster assistance, U.S. officials said yesterday, after a lower-level diplomatic push this week yielded Burmese permission for one U.S. relief plane, which is scheduled to land Monday.
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The UN said Friday it would resume aid flights into Myanmar after a suspension triggered by a tussle with the military regime over two planeloads of goods meant for desperate cyclone survivors. (more…)
The London branch of the International Burmese Monks’ Assocication, or Sasana Moli, promised yesterday to provide assistance to disaster victims in cyclone-ravaged regions of Burma.
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United Nations officials urged the Burmese government to relax—if not wave altogether—visa and custom requirements, which are preventing aid workers and humanitarian supplies from reaching the survivors of the cyclone that devastated the delta region five days ago.
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Rice on Wednesday urged cyclone-hit Myanmar to admit international disaster relief, saying it was a humanitarian crisis rather than a political issue.
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The foreign ministers of France and Britain are urging Myanmar’s military leaders to let foreign aid into the country after its devastating cyclone.
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The United States is considering air-dropping food aid and other relief supplies to victims of the devastating cyclone in Burma, even if the closed regime resists, a U.S. official said Thursday.
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Burmese visa formalities are holding up UN efforts to rush emergency aid to victims of Saturday’s disastrous cyclone, a UN official said in New York.
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The US House of Representatives passed a resolution on Tuesday urging the UN Security Council not to accept the constitution which has been written by the Burmese military junta to retain its hold on power.
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France’s foreign minister said Wednesday the UN Security Council should force Myanmar’s military junta to allow aid supplies into the cyclone-hit country.
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The United Nations estimates that “hundreds of thousands” of people in Myanmar are in need of help after a cyclone that killed nearly 22,500, a top U.N. humanitarian official said on Tuesday. (more…)
A leading Australian aid agency says the Burmese military regime has allowed its efforts to provide urgent relief following the catastrophic aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. (more…)
The United States will give an additional $3 million in aid to Burma in response to a cyclone that has left more than 22,000 people dead, the White House said Tuesday. (more…)
Britain has promised £5m to Burma to help the survivors of a cyclone that struck on Saturday leaving more than 22,000 dead and many more missing. (more…)
U.N. agencies and independent humanitarian groups rushed Monday to prepare assistance for victims of a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, while awaiting a formal go-ahead from the military regime in the Southeast Asian nation. (more…)
The United States said Monday it is providing an initial sum of 250,000 dollars in aid to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar through its embassy in Yangon and is looking at what more it can do to help. (more…)
The Security Council reaffirms its statements of 11 October 2007 and 15 November. It recalls with concern the expectations expressed in that statement. (more…)
President Bush on Thursday froze the assets of state-owned companies in Myanmar propping up the nation’s military junta, which has been condemned by the international community for suppressing pro-democracy dissidents. (more…)
The Burmese pro-democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been listed by Time magazine as among the 100 most influential people of the world for the year 2008. (more…)