NARGIS' IMPACT
NARGIS' IMPACT
Food top priority for Burma's cyclone victims PDF Print E-mail
Mungpi   
Friday, 25 July 2008 23:22
Nearly three months after the killer Cyclone Nargis played havoc  in Burma's southwestern coastal region, hundreds of thousands are still not getting enough food, the United Nations World Food Programme said on Friday .
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UN relief chief admits to "loss" of aid money in exchange duplicity PDF Print E-mail
Mungpi   
Friday, 25 July 2008 21:12
Over two months on after relief efforts, the United Nations has perforce admitted that there is a 'serious issue'  involved in the conversion mechanism of the aid money provided to Burma's cyclone victims.
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Cyclone donors should set up monitoring body: HRW PDF Print E-mail
Solomon   
Thursday, 24 July 2008 22:49
The New York based Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged donors helping Burma's cyclone victims to form an independent monitoring body to ensure that their relief material is not manipulated by the repressive Burmese regime.
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Discrimination over aid distribution among cyclone victims: new report PDF Print E-mail
Solomon   
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 21:44
Discrimination is evident in distribution of aid, with many victims of Cyclone Nargis still not getting adequate relief material being disbursed by international aid groups including the United Nations agencies, a new report said.
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Authorities censor Nargis cartoons PDF Print E-mail
Than Htike Oo and Nam Davies   
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 18:05
A number of Burmese cartoons were censored by the authorities this morning for allegedly violating policy. The cartoons were exhibited for a fund raising drive in an exhibition entitled 'Wakeup from Storm' for Cyclone Nargis victims...
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"The US is certainly doing the most for the opposition. There has been real success in training and forming an underground movement through religious organisations and monastic organisations. These provide the best cover inside Burma. The monks can spread their training very effectively."

Soe Aung, the chief spokesman for the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB)

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