Petition calls for aid workers to enter Myanmar

Petition calls for aid workers to enter Myanmar

I fully support the appeal made by Singaporean petition signers (and the Burmese also). The actions of the junta is unacceptable and inhumane. The Burmese Army once revered as the savior and protectors of the people have resorted to such lowly tactics to maintain power.

I am ashamed to call myself a Burmese.

Shame on you Generals Than Shwe and Maung Aye

You have displayed true courage and leadership by hiding in the trenches. Where are you?

Why are you continuing to deny access to foreign aid workers? They are ready and waiting to help the people of Burma as human being to human being and people to people.

General Maung Aye, I want you to know that I am truly ashamed to call myself a graduate of the Defense Services Academy and a classmate of yours.

EU gettin' together about Myanmar...
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EU to hold Myanmar meeting
12 May 2008, The European Union will hold an emergency meeting on the humanitarian situation in cyclone-hit Myanmar on Tuesday, the EU commissioner for humanitarian aid has said.

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“The purpose of the meeting will be to review the situation and to beef up the response of the EU Member States and the European Commission to this emergency situation," said Louis Michel in a statement issued today. “The Commission and the EU ministers will also try to identify and co-ordinate the best means of facilitating the mobilisation and delivery of international humanitarian assistance."

Tuesday’s meeting of EU development ministers comes amid a deteriorating situation in the Asian country. “In view of the massive scale of destruction and need caused by the cyclone Nargis, and the acceptance by Burmese authorities to receive international assistance, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel, has called for an urgent meeting of EU ministers in charge of humanitarian aid to be held in Brussels next Tuesday 13th of May," said the statement.

Michel has indicated that he intends to travel to Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, tomorrow, immediately after the meeting, to discuss with the country’s authorities the best way to bring international assistance to the affected population. “It is our sincere wish to work in close co-operation with the Burmese authorities to urgently alleviate the sufferings of the Burmese people affected by the cyclone”, said Michel. Cyclone Nargis, which smashed into the rice-growing Irrawaddy Delta region in the country’s south on May 3, has left nearly 62,000 people dead or missing, according to a government toll.

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