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| UN: 1 million in Myanmar aren't getting basic aid | |
| 2008-06-04 | |
More than 1 million people still don't have adequate food, water or shelter a month after a devastating cyclone swept through Myanmar, and the military junta's policies are hindering relief efforts and driving up the cost of aid operations, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Compounding these problems, the junta's refusal to allow the use of military helicopters from neighboring countries is driving up relief costs, an official from the World Food Program said. Aid groups are unable to provide 1.1 million survivors with sufficient food and clean water, while trying to prevent a second wave of deaths from malnutrition and disease, the U.N. said in its latest assessment report. Of the 1.3 million people who are getting help, most have been "reached with inconsistent levels of assistance," the U.N. said. "There remains a serious lack of sufficient and sustained humanitarian assistance for the affected populations," the report said. It also said the world body lacked "a clear understanding of the support being provided by the Government of Myanmar to its people." It's shocking that cyclone victims still need basic relief after four weeks, said Sarah Ireland, regional director of the British aid organization Oxfam, which is trying to get permission to work in Myanmar. "If we were in a normal response by week four, those affected should be working toward recovery," she said Monday. "They would be in a position perhaps to think about what they need to restart their lives. But we know people on the ground don't have food to eat." | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 tw, once again "proving" how stingy Americans are - we hardly helped at all. Ignore the fact that we were never permitted to enter. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-06-04 20:51 |
| #4 Our ships have left, tired of asking to be permitted to help. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-06-04 15:02 |
| #3 As long as the usual suspects don't want to solve the real underlying problem, it'll continue. I guess the big beef is that this greatly limits them on the platform which to exhibit their personal moral |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-06-04 12:04 |
| #2 Needs the sympathy meter. That NR piece is hilarious, even the Libtards are shocked by the stupidity. Sorry, but I won't be donating anything to anyone that hasn't shown the will and resolve to try and solve their own problems, starting with deposing the tyrants |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-06-04 11:32 |
| #1 ION REDDIT/FREEREPUBLIC/NEWSCIENTIST > NUCLEAR BLAST AT CENTRE OF SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE. Pre-Quake Nuke Test = NUcFac? versus Quake-caused Radiation Damage???; + SCARY DETAILS OF SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE REVEALED. Ground estim to had shifted approxi 5.0 feet [shoulder-height] in [milli?]seconds??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-04 02:35 |