78,000 dead in Myanmar - 56,000 missing

78,000 dead in Myanmar 56,000 missing

mean while business as usual.. These companies only encourage the miltary to let the people die

The people of Myanmar live under an oppressive jaunta which looks after its own interests and does nothing for the people except surpress them and keep them in abject poverty. Like Zimbabwe the elected leader of the Burmese people is not in power but imprisoned and unable tohelp her people. Can the world not wake up to the appalling state of the people generally and in the Irrawaddy Delta in particular and get the Security Council to override the Juanta and fly in aid before the population that survived in wipe out by disease and hunger??

U.S. to bypass junta to get aid to Myanmar...
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U.S. sends aid through private groups in Myanmar
16 May,`08 WASHINGTON — Shipments distributed by non-governmental organizations, U.S. official said; Myanmar’s ruling military junta is reluctant to allow outsiders in to distribute aid; The United States continues to push for greater access to Myanmar; U.S. aid may have reached 135,000 of 2.5 million people needing aid, officials say

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After concerns that Myanmar authorities improperly took some previous relief supplies, Myanmar is now allowing U.S. government aid workers to give aid directly to private aid groups. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Friday there have been questions about whether supplies have reached victims of the cyclone that ravaged the southern part of the nation two weeks ago. “We are doing our best to make sure that what is delivered in Yangon makes it down to the affected areas to those who need it," he said at his midday briefing in Washington. “Given the current circumstances, you can’t construct a perfect system for doing that."

“We have four C-130 relief flights that landed in Yangon today. Two of the shipments were handed over directly to NGOs," he said, using the shorthand for non-governmental organizations, or private relief groups. “That is the first time that has happened."

“The aid will be distributed via the Emerson Trust, I think it’s about 100,000 tons; and about 400,000 via the World Food Programme. And representatives from Emerson and World Food Programme will be able to travel to affected areas," he said.

Myanmar’s ruling military junta has been reluctant to allow outsiders in to supervise the distribution of aid, although they have loosened their restrictions in the past week to allow more access by NGOs. “We are planning four to five flights for both Saturday and Sunday and it is our hope that some of those shipments again will be handed over directly to international NGOs for distribution in affected areas," McCormack said.

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about burma

I agree to your comment about Burmese Military Government. They do nothing to the own people. They just show up their military powers to the people and make the people to afraid of them. Even they have money to spend for the development of the cities, they put all the money into their pockets. In Rangoon, you can see people have to stay without regular light, poor transportation, poor education system, poor water supply system and so on. People are expecting Multinational Forces to invade Burma. 85% of the people stay in miserable lives. Who can help us? They are not worry God will punish them. They don’t beleive the next life so that they kill many innocent people inculding buddhist monks. China get many resources from Burma also the neighbouring countries. They don’t support changes in Burma Freedom movement.

Please help us. Please to burmese people. Thanks