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Thursday, May. 08, 2008
UN blasts Myanmar for visa policy on aid workers
The Associated Press
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In this Burma News Agency photo taken on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 and released by China's Xinhua News Agency on Thursday, May 8, 2008, relief supplies from Bangladesh are unloaded at an airport in Yangon, Myanmar. More international relief aid from Japan, Bangladesh, Laos, China, Thailand, India and Singapore poured in Myanmar Wednesday for the country's storm victims, Myanmar's state radio said according to Xinhua.
The head of the relief group World Vision Australia says Myanmar will need all the help it can get.
The head of the relief group World Vision Australia says Myanmar will need all the help it can get.
The World Food Program's Anthony Banbury says getting permission to enter Myanmar are causing serious delays.
The World Food Program's Anthony Banbury says getting permission to enter Myanmar are causing serious delays.
John Holmes with the United Nations says the U.N. has been discussing access for aid workers, visas and easing custom regulations with the government.
John Holmes with the United Nations says the U.N. has been discussing access for aid workers, visas and easing custom regulations with the government.
Questions About Aid Plague Myanmar Cyclone YANGON, Myanmar Myanmar's refusal to give visas to relief experts is "unprecedented" in the history of humanitarian work, the United Nations charged Friday.
A spokesman of the World Food Program says the organization has submitted 10 visa applications around the world, including six in Bangkok, Thailand, and none of have been granted.
Spokesman Paul Risley said Friday "the frustration caused by what appears to be a paperwork delay is unprecedented in modern humanitarian relief efforts."
Myanmar's military government said more than 62,000 people died or are missing in a cyclone that hit the country's Irrawaddy delta last Saturday. The junta says it needs international aid but not the foreign experts and staff to deliver it.
No visas are expected to be issued in Bangkok on Friday because of a Thai holiday.
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