Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with myanmar www.salem-news.com 2010 At a recent IMF press briefing, Spokesman Gerry Rice purported to take online questions, one from a reporter usually there in person, and one each about Argentina and the Dominican Republic. But the IMF ignored, and did not answer by deadline, questions about its Arab Spring pledge, about Yemen and Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Romania. http://salem-news.com/articles/february092012/imf-arab-spring-mrl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february092012/imf-arab-spring-mrl.php Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:40:00 PST Hours before her anticipated release scores of supporters gathered near the home of Nobel Peace Prize laureate pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, hoping to see her in her first few minutes of freedom after seven years of house detention under Myanmar's ruling generals. Aung San Suu Kyi swept to victory in the 1990 election by a landslide on top of the National League for Democracy party, but the military refused to hand over power and clamped down on opponents. http://salem-news.com/articles/november132010/aun-sang-ef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november132010/aun-sang-ef.php Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:03:00 PST Burmese authorities have detained the country’s best-known comedian, a frequent critic of the junta and recently a major player in private efforts to aid victims of Cyclone Nargis, his family has told Radio Free Asia (RFA). Maung Thura, whose stage name is Zargana, was taken away late Wednesday after he returned from the devastated Irrawaddy delta region, where he was trying to bring relief aid to survivors of the devastating May 2nd-3rd cyclone. http://salem-news.com/articles/june052008/burma_zarganar_6-5-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june052008/burma_zarganar_6-5-08.php Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:56:00 PDT The madness in Myanmar continues. Hope of seeing a change in the ruling military junta of this Asian nation have vanished, with the decision by the Government of Myanmar to extend the house arrest of pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. As the war rages in oil rich Iraq, the peace crushing government of Myanmar, has been allowed by the world community to keep its pro-democracy leader under house arrest, and continue its position as one of if not the single most abusive military regimes in the world with a history of murder and false imprisonment of its own citizens. http://salem-news.com/articles/may282008/un_myanmar_5-28-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may282008/un_myanmar_5-28-08.php Wed, 28 May 2008 16:10:00 PDT Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has now seen the devastation in Myanmar left by Cyclone Nargis, which has killed tens of thousands of people and uprooted the lives of 2.4 million others since it struck the country earlier this month. He visited the makeshift Kyondah relief camp where many women and small children who have lost their homes and family members have taken shelter. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222008/myanmar_bankimoon_5-22-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222008/myanmar_bankimoon_5-22-08.php Thu, 22 May 2008 18:45:00 PDT The United Nations’ top relief official John Holmes has travelled to the Irrawaddy delta, the area in Myanmar hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis, which struck early this month and has affected up to 2.4 million people. As the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs travels within Myanmar, UN agencies report that they are making progress in reaching victims of the cyclone, but that the operation still needs to be ramped up. http://salem-news.com/articles/may192008/myanmar_folo_5-19-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may192008/myanmar_folo_5-19-08.php Mon, 19 May 2008 09:58:00 PDT The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he is planning to send the organization’s highest ranking aid official to Myanmar, to boost efforts to tackle the crisis caused by Cyclone Nargis which swept through the country at the beginning of the month. Mr. Ban said there was “a sense of great urgency,” and that much more needed to be done in Myanmar. “The first few days, even a few more hours, will be crucially important in reaching these needy people with the necessary relief items and humanitarian goods,” he said. http://salem-news.com/articles/may152008/myanmar_help_5-15-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may152008/myanmar_help_5-15-08.php Thu, 15 May 2008 11:20:00 PDT Unless more access to Myanmar is granted to allow aid to flow more quickly to victims of this month’s deadly cyclone, a second catastrophe could result, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned today. Despite some progress, efforts to help the 1.5 million people affected by Cyclone Nargis must be enhanced, a spokesperson for OCHA told reporters in Geneva. http://salem-news.com/articles/may132008/myanmar_update_5-13-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may132008/myanmar_update_5-13-08.php Tue, 13 May 2008 21:17:00 PDT The UN World Food Programme today said its food aid has reached more than 27,000 people in the areas of the Irrawaddy delta hit hardest by Cyclone Nargis, which left a path of death and destruction after striking Myanmar last week. In an encouraging development, 28 tons of high-energy biscuits which arrived in Yangon on Friday are enough to feed 95,000 with first rations. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122008/un_food_myanmar-5-12-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122008/un_food_myanmar-5-12-08.php Mon, 12 May 2008 09:36:00 PDT Damage from Cyclone Nargis may spread beyond Burma in the form of higher food costs throughout Asia and the rest of the world, experts say. http://salem-news.com/articles/may112008/rfa_burma_5-11-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may112008/rfa_burma_5-11-08.php Sun, 11 May 2008 19:52:00 PDT The global relief and development agency Mercy Corps is sending its top European official to Myanmar, and hopes to have several other members of an emergency-response team in the country in the coming week. Mervyn Lee, executive director of Mercy Corps Europe, is expected to arrive early next week. Once on the ground, Mercy Corps staff will work with partner agencies to help assess needs and explore opportunities to ease suffering in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. http://salem-news.com/articles/may092008/myanmar_cyclone_5-9-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may092008/myanmar_cyclone_5-9-08.php Fri, 09 May 2008 16:45:00 PDT The United Nations today appealed for $187 million to help provide humanitarian relief to some 1.5 million people severely affected by the recent cyclone in Myanmar for the next six months. Launching the Flash Appeal in New York on behalf of 10 UN agencies and 9 non-governmental organizations, the UN’s top relief official emphasized that “the extent of the humanitarian catastrophe is enormous.” http://salem-news.com/articles/may092008/un_burma_5-9-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may092008/un_burma_5-9-08.php Fri, 09 May 2008 14:59:00 PDT Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the top United Nations humanitarian official today urged Myanmar authorities to facilitate the delivery of aid in the wake of the deadly cyclone that wreaked death and destruction in the country several days ago. The Government in Myanmar has confirmed that over 22,000 people have died, and more than 41,000 people are missing, following Cyclone Nargis which struck the South-East Asian nation from May 2nd through 3rd. Initial estimates suggest that up to 1 million people are currently homeless, and many more require assistance. http://salem-news.com/articles/may072008/burma_toll_5-7-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may072008/burma_toll_5-7-08.php Wed, 07 May 2008 22:38:00 PDT