Myanmar Still Put Pressure on Helper

According to CNN again, Myanmar still put pressure on aid that they find it hard to help people on time. The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of survivors' suffering, two weeks after a killer cyclone left up to 2.5 million people destitute.

John Holmes, U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, will go to Myanmar on Sunday to try to convince junta leaders to grant more access for U.N. relief workers and massively scale up aid efforts, said Amanda Pitt, a U.N. spokeswoman in Bangkok, Thailand.

Some diplomats have also been invited by the regime to visit the delta, said Heinke Veit, an EU spokeswoman in Myanmar. She said she had no details.

Officials of various U.N. agencies called a news conference in Bangkok to give an update on their relief operations. The most basic data was missing, from the number of orphans to the extent of diseases and the number of refugee camps.

People is dieing, time is very convenience. Too much pressure can slow down the process.


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