World Anger Mounts at Burmese Delays in Cyclone Disaster

UPDATES:
Aid stymied off Myanmar shores and borders

By Seth Mydans

Published: May 18, 2008
 

 

BANGKOK: International outrage grew over the weekend as the military junta in Myanmar continued to block most humanitarian aid two weeks after a devastating cyclone and aid groups warned of a steep increase in deaths from starvation and disease.
With French and U.S. naval ships waiting off [...]

Save us the rescuers

Save us the rescuers

Calls for military action to force aid on Myanmar
march us down a dangerous road, that we are willing to accept
By David Rieff May 18, 2008
Sorry, Mr David Rieff we disagree with you and I erased ‘From’ your heading. And I added the pharase, ‘that we are willing to accept’, at the end [...]

Diplomats get tour of cyclone zone

Diplomats get tour of cyclone zone
Burma’s military government tried to show the world that all was under control after the cyclone despite signs everywhere to the contrary.
Officials led diplomats on their first tour through the Irrawaddy delta where more than 130,000 people were killed or are missing.
The junta flew 60 diplomats and United Nations officials [...]

NATO should not practice: No Action Talk Only in Burma

NATO should not practice:
No Action Talk Only in Burma
NATO
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Coordinates: 50°52′34.16″N, 4°25′19.24″E

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Organization du Traité de l’Atlantique Nord

Flag of NATO

NATO countries shown in blue

Formation
4 April 1949

Type
Military alliance

Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium

Membership
26 member states and 14 major allies

Official languages
English, French

Secretary General
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

Chairman of the Military Committee
General Raymond Henault

Website
http://www.nato.int/

NATO Portal

NATO 2002 Summit [...]

Marshall Plan, For Irrawaddy delta?

Marshall Plan
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Map of Cold-War era Europe and the Near East showing countries that received Marshall Plan aid. The red columns show the relative amount of total aid per nation.
The Marshall Plan (from its enactment, officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the primary plan of the United States for rebuilding [...]

Now or Never! NCGUB should invite NATO to invade Irrawaddy delta

To
Prime Minister Dr Sein Win
NCGUB, Prime Minister Office 
77 South Washington Street, Suite 308
Rockville, Maryland 20850 U.S.A.
Tel: 301-424-4810 Fax: 301-424-4812
ncgub@ncgub.net                                                                                                                May 18, 2008
Re: Request to consider authorizing NATO Forces to enter cyclone disaster Irrawaddy delta for humanitarian help and rehabilitation.
Dear Prime Minister,
                                Please may Your Honor kindly consider the followings:
1.       As the UN action in [...]

NLD rejects Burma referendum result

NLD rejects Burma referendum result
Posted Sat May 17

Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party has rejected the Burma junta’s claim that more than 92 per cent of voters approved a military-backed constitution in the first round of a referendum last week.
“This result is completely incorrect,” said Nyan Win, spokesman for the opposition National League for Democracy [...]

Myanmar Cyclone photo album from Reuters Part 5

Myanmar Cyclone photo album from Reuters Part 5

A boy watches as a man builds a shelter in a village hit by Cyclone Nargis, near the Myanmar capital Yangon, May 16, 2008.
REUTERS/Stringer
 
People take shelter in a pagoda in an area affected by Cyclone Nargis, near the Myanmar capital Yangon, May 16, 2008.
REUTERS/Stringer

 

A marine walks past boxes [...]

Rain pushes Myanmar death toll higher

                                            
Rain pushes Myanmar death toll higher
Fri May 16, 2008
By Aung Hla Tun

YANGON (Reuters) - Torrential rain lashed survivors of Cyclone Nargis on Friday as Myanmar’s junta raised its toll sharply to more than 133,000 people dead or missing, putting the disaster on a par with a 1991 cyclone that killed 143,000 in neighboring Bangladesh.
In [...]

Suu Kyi ‘in darkness’ after Myanmar cyclone

May 8, 2008
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is living in virtual darkness after the devastating cyclone that struck the country blew the roof off her house, a neighbor said Thursday.
It was not clear if Suu Kyi was injured or whether she had enough food and water.
The neighbor said the [...]

A march to help disaster victims

                            

Sunday May 18, 2008   
KUALA LUMPUR: Come and show you care for the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the earthquake in China tomorrow by joining in a fundraising march at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur.
Organised by Pavilion KL, participants of the event will be bound at the wrist with a ribbon to symbolise “the power of [...]

UN to press Burma on aid access

                                 

 18 May 2008      
A UN humanitarian envoy is due in Burma to try to persuade the ruling junta to grant more access to UN workers to help with the cyclone relief efforts.

John Holmes will carry a letter from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to Burma’s leader, Than Shwe, who has refused to answer Mr Ban’s calls.
Burma [...]