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UN humanitarian aid arrives in Myanmar
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GlobalSecurity.org
- 5/13/2008
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NEW YORK, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - More than 27,000 people in Myanmar affected by the Nargis tropical cyclone, which hit the Southeast Asian country, have received UN humanitarian aid, the UN's press service said. Cyclone Nargis, the worst natural disaster to hit the region since the 2004 tsunami, bat
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Russia sends more aid to Myanmar
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EView Week
- 5/12/2008
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Russia sent on Sunday its second batch of humanitarian aid to the cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, local media reported. A cargo plane carrying tents, blankets, medicine and food took off from a Moscow airport Sunday afternoon, said an official with the ministry of emergency. Russia sent the first batch of
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Malaysia sends humanitarian aid to Myanmar cyclone victims
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Xinhua News Agency
- 5/12/2008
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian government has sent humanitarian aid worth 500,000 ringgit (155,763 U.S. dollars) to Cyclone Nargis victims in Myanmar, National Security Council (NSC) secretary said here on Monday. The aid was flown to Yangon by a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) aircraft
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Greece Offers To Send Humanitarian Aid By Sea To Myanmar
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Morningstar.com
- 5/12/2008
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ATHENS (AFP)--Greece offered Monday to send humanitarian assistance by ship to Myanmar's cyclone victims, adding to the two planeloads it has already sent. The vessel 'could transport a lot more humanitarian aid than the airplanes,' said Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis. On Thursday, Greece sent two
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Macedonia to send aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar
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MTnet
- 5/12/2008
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English Skopje, May 9 (MIA) - The Government of Macedonia has decided to send aid in amount of $50,000 to Myanmar, which was recently hit by cyclone Nagris.- Taking into consideration that the Republic of Macedonia and the city of Skopje have received humanitarian aid and taking into account that we
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Malaysia sends aid to cyclone-battered Myanmar
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Earthtimes.org
- 5/12/2008
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Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia on Monday sent 500,000 ringgit (147,060 dollars) worth of aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar. Muhammad Hatta Abdul Aziz, the National Security Council (NSC) secretary, said the aid was flown to Yangon early Monday, along with an 18-member relief team including members of the armed fo
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UN stops food aid to cyclone-hit Burma fearing nepotism by military junta
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NetIndia123.com
- 5/12/2008
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PM IST The United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) has stopped emergency food shipments to the zone where Cyclone Nargis had hit, fearing that the Burmese Government will give the aid preferentially to its supporters.According to a report in New Scientist, the WFP made its decision after Burma's
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Russia sends more aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar
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Russia Today
- 5/12/2008
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ussian plane carrying humanitarian aid has arrived in cyclone-hit Myanmar. The emergency ministry cargo includes food, tents and medical supplies. Official Myanmar estimates say cyclone Nargiz killed more than 23,000 people and left around 40,000 homeless. The United Nations says that up to two mill
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Russia sends another plane with humanitarian aid to Myanmar.
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Itar Tass
- 5/11/2008
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MOSCOW, May 11 (Itar-Tass) -- A plane of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry is carrying humanitarian aid to Myanmar, the ministry' s information department told Itar-Tass. "An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane took off from the Ramenskoye airfield near Moscow at 4:35 p.m. local time. It is carrying
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UN resumes aid flights to cyclone-hit Myanmar
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Africa Leader
- 5/11/2008
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Bangkok/The World Food Programme (WFP) Saturday resumed flying emergency supplies into cyclone-devastated Myanmar despite an ongoing dispute with the country's junta over how the aid will be distributed. 'Given the humanitarian crisis, we felt the need to continue the supplies,' said Marcus Prior, a
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