International donors say they need to be allowed access to Myanmar in order to assess what is needed while the U.N. estimates 2.4 million people are struggling to survive in the worst hit areas. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon landed in Myanmar on Thursday (May 22) at the start of a visit to try to convince the ruling junta to admit more international aid for the victims of Cyclone Nargis. He was met at the airport by Foreign Minister Nyan Win, before signing a book of condolences at the foreign ministry and paying his respects at the Shwedagon Pagoda, the most sacred site of Myanmar's Buddhists. Ban, who has said relief teams had been able to reach only a quarter of those in need after the May 2 storm and sea surge, toured the worst-hit Irrawaddy delta. He will head to Myanmar's new capital, Naypyidaw, to meet junta supremo Than Shwe on Friday. Than Shwe, who took two weeks after the disaster to meet victims and see the destruction for himself, had declined to take...
The first U.S. military aid flight lands in Myanmar, but relief supplies continue to just dribble into the reclusive state nine days after a devastating cyclone. The U.N. says up to 100,000 are...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and ASEAN chief Surin Pitsuwan open aid air-hub in Thailand to be focal point to distribute aid supplies for Myanmar's cyclone Nargis victims. U.N....
US military carrier planes waiting in Thailand for Myanmar leaders to allow relief effort. At least four C-130s of US's Navy and Airforce seen by Reuters, on runway U Ta Pao Naval base in the...
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Myanmar's stonewalling of aid has led to the deaths of tens of thousands following a killer cyclone which hit the country earlier in the month. Twenty-two...
Western powers kept up the pressure on Myanmar's generals on Thursday (May 15) to allow a massive aid effort as relief workers struggled to help an estimated 2.5 million people left destitute by...
While helicopters from the U.N. World Food Program help to deliver humanitarian assistance to the worst cyclone-affected areas in Myanmar, international organisations like the Red Cross warned on...
International aid pledges worth 10 million U.S. dollars were made on Tuesday (May 6) as the death toll as a result of a cyclone and ensuing storm surge in Myanmar climbed. Myanmar state media said...
Countries around the globe have promised help for Myanmar after a cyclone left at least 13,000 dead or missing-- but how quickly aid can move into the tightly controlled country was unclear on...
French warship delivers aid for victims of Cyclone Nargis as military trucks carry supplies from Thailand and Burmese volunteers distribute food in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta. The French navy ship...
China's rulers lead the country in mourning victims of the Sichuan earthquake, as a grief-stricken nation observes three minutes silence in a show of unity. Across China, people stopped and stood...
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