What should the United States do about Myanmar disaster? Yes - Help the people of Myanmar and send water, food and shelter and help regardless of how it gets in country. No - The Myanmar governemt does not want our help - dont send anything
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Myanmar Seizes Food Shipments, Assumes Distribution (Update1)
By Gregory Viscusi and Demian McLean
May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Myanmar's military regime seized United Nations food shipments today and said it would distribute them to the 1 million people left homeless by last weekend's cyclone.
The UN said it will fly in more food tomorrow as it tries to reach an agreement with the military-ruled country, ranked as the world's most corrupt by nonprofit Transparency International. About 276,000 of the 1.5 million people needing aid received it as of May 7, Richard Horsey, a spokesman for the UN disaster- response unit, said in Bangkok today.
The seizure came just as outside aid was beginning to get into the isolationist nation formerly called Burma, where as many as 100,000 were killed by the May 3 storm. Torrential weekend rains, marking the start of monsoon season, are likely to make remote, hard-hit region more difficult to reach and expose homeless people to the elements.
``The food that we flew in hasn't been released to us as had been promised,'' Chris Kaye, Myanmar country director for the UN's World Food Program, said in a phone interview from Yangon. ``If the government's doing that to give priority to certain groups, that's going to make it very difficult for us to operate.''
By Gregory Viscusi and Demian McLean
May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Myanmar's military regime seized United Nations food shipments today and said it would distribute them to the 1 million people left homeless by last weekend's cyclone.
The UN said it will fly in more food tomorrow as it tries to reach an agreement with the military-ruled country, ranked as the world's most corrupt by nonprofit Transparency International. About 276,000 of the 1.5 million people needing aid received it as of May 7, Richard Horsey, a spokesman for the UN disaster- response unit, said in Bangkok today.
The seizure came just as outside aid was beginning to get into the isolationist nation formerly called Burma, where as many as 100,000 were killed by the May 3 storm. Torrential weekend rains, marking the start of monsoon season, are likely to make remote, hard-hit region more difficult to reach and expose homeless people to the elements.
``The food that we flew in hasn't been released to us as had been promised,'' Chris Kaye, Myanmar country director for the UN's World Food Program, said in a phone interview from Yangon. ``If the government's doing that to give priority to certain groups, that's going to make it very difficult for us to operate.''
dieing after one another in front of us! We must do something!
However, as I suspected, my Church, and other private organizations, are already working to help the people in Myanmar. Here is a news clip:
"SALT LAKE CITY 7 May 2008 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today extended its sympathy to the citizens of Myanmar following the recent devastating cyclone, and announced a package of humanitarian aid.
"Church leadership has approved funds to purchase large quantities of tarps, blankets, basic food, medical equipment, and especially clean drinking water for those in need.
"All items are being purchased in Myanmar or in nearby countries. The Church is partnering with Atlanta-based CARE International, a well-known non-governmental organization, to distribute the supplies.
"Church humanitarian representatives will continue to monitor and assess the situation."
I don't like the fact the the Government in Myanmanr is behaving like sulking, immature children and putting people's lives at risk. IDIOTS.