United for a Good Cause

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I believe that some of you have read or heard about the situation in

Myanmar. It was discouraging to read one report from last night

that the U.N. had suspended relief flight after the Myanmar government

blocked the U.N. agency from distributing supplies it flew into Yangon

on Friday. I was relief to read just a while ago that U.N. has resumed

relief flights although relief workers were still being barred entry.

 

According to John Holmes, the U.N. coordinator for humanitarian affairs,

he said that the death toll from Cyclone Nargis ranges from 63,000 to

100,000, well above the Myanmar government's announced toll of

22,000. Most of the victims were in the Irrawaddy Delta, where as many

as 6 million people lived. It was reported that about 2,000 square miles

of land in the Irrawaddy Delta is under water. With phone lines down,

roads blocked and electricity networks destroyed, it was nearly

impossible to reach isolated areas in the swamped Irrawaddy delta, where

the stench of unburied and decaying bodies added to the misery.

 

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