2 posts tagged “relief”
UN Opens Thai Staging Base for Burma (Myanmar) Relief
24 May 2008
The United Nations opened a staging area at an airport in Thailand's capital Saturday to deliver relief aid to cyclone survivors in neighboring Burma.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was on hand to open the hub at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport just one day after meeting with Burma's junta about relief efforts.
On Friday, Mr. Ban said Burma's top leader agreed to allow all foreign aid workers into the country to help with relief efforts. Burma's military government had refused to allow most foreign aid workers to enter the country and stage a full scale relief effort...
via AP
US diplomat: 100,000 may have died in Myanmar cyclone
2 hours ago
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Bodies floated in flood waters and survivors tried to reach dry ground on boats using blankets as sails, while the top U.S. diplomat in Myanmar said Wednesday that up to 100,000 people may have died in the devastating cyclone...
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At 5 p.m. On Tuesday the U.S. Treasury Department posted on its website a ruling (.pdf) that softened sanctions to allow donations by U.S. citizens and charity directly to the relief effort.
A list of organizations that are accepting donations for the Myanmar / Burma relief effort can be found here: Interaction.org Disaster Response
