How should the world respond to Burma?
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More help has reached Burma, after the first US aid plane landed in Rangoon, nine days after the cyclone struck. How should the international community respond?
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his frustration at what he called the unacceptably slow response to the crisis.
Reports say that disease and dehydration are taking hold in the area worst hit by the cyclone, the Irawaddy delta.
The aid agency Oxfam has warned that up to 1.5 million people will be at risk unless clean water and sanitation is provided soon.
What is the best way to help Burma? Will aid agencies be able to cope with the scale of the disaster? Are you in Burma or recently returned from the country? Is there anything individuals can do to help? Send us your comments
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More help has reached Burma, after the first US aid plane landed in Rangoon, nine days after the cyclone struck. How should the international community respond?
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his frustration at what he called the unacceptably slow response to the crisis.
Reports say that disease and dehydration are taking hold in the area worst hit by the cyclone, the Irawaddy delta.
The aid agency Oxfam has warned that up to 1.5 million people will be at risk unless clean water and sanitation is provided soon.
What is the best way to help Burma? Will aid agencies be able to cope with the scale of the disaster? Are you in Burma or recently returned from the country? Is there anything individuals can do to help? Send us your comments
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