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Tell the UN Now: United Nations Must Order Cyclone Nargis Aid Be Allowed Inside Burma
Send a message to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today urging him to take action to ensure that international aid reaches the people of Burma. (7 May 2008) US Campaign for Burma
*** ACTION ALERT ***
7 May 2008
RELIEF AID FOR CYCLONE NARGIS MUST NOT BE BLOCKED FROM THOSE WHO NEED IT!!!
Dear Supporters,
We are writing to ask you to send a message to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today urging him to take action to ensure that international aid reaches the people of Burma.
So far, the Burmese military regime has only let in a trickle of international humanitarian aid. We understand that 35
disaster teams from 18 countries have applied to help, and most are not being let in. Even the United Nations assessment team has not been given visas, 5 days after the cyclone struck.
Go here to send an e-mail to the UN.
France's
foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (a founder of Doctors Without Borders) proposed a solution to this problem. He urged the UN Security
Council -- the only body at the UN that can pass binding resolutions, to take action that would allow the international community to send aid to Burma whether the Burmese regime likes it or not.
Will you add your voice to his call by
sending an email now to the United Nations Secretary General?
We are encouraging the United States
to put its full weight behind France's
call, and we believe they will do so. The United States has already offered
to send Navy ships to offload supplies as well as money and other support to help (as it did during the Asian Tsunami) but still no response from the military regime as of this writing.
Read related news from the UN here.
DONATE TODAY TO SUPPORT RELIEF EFFORT IN BURMA
With the Burmese military regime holding up international aid, your ongoing
donations
are appreciated. It's now even easier
for you and your friends and family to donate to this effort. You can use the U.S. Campaign for Burma
web site for credit card donations. Just go here and then click on the "Donate" link. As you go through that page, put "Water
Purification" in the "Name" box under the header of "In honor of."
100% of the proceeds designated this way will go to the emergency water
purification
effort.
100% of non-designated donations will be sent to other reliable and well-regarded groups working inside Burma.
Source: U.S. Campaign for Burma
