Global Day of Action for Burma Cyclone Victims (17 May 2007- Saturday)
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Dear Friends
On Saturday May 17th 2008 people across the world will join a Global
Day of Action calling for an urgent response to the humanitarian
disaster in Burma.
We urge you to join this day of action and ask world governments to
take action now and save thousands of lives.
We are calling on the US, UK, France and other key nations to use
whatever assets and means they have to deliver aid to those suffering
in Burma, even
without the approval of the military regime. Many European leaders
have already stood up and called for action to force aid in if
necessary. This
effort is being pushed by a coalition of organizations around the
world, and supported by many groups inside Burma. We cannot stand by
as millions more
are on the brink of death from starvation and disease. The UN has
warned of a "second catastrophe unless the junta immediately allows
massive air and
land aid deliveries". Our sources inside Burma tell us that the
survivors in the Irrawaddy delta are now having to cope with a
"tsunami of disease".
We will hold 3 protests in London on Saturday 17 May, details are
below:
French Embassy: Time: 12:30 - 13:00
Address: 58 Knightsbridge London SW1X 7JT
American Embassy: Time: 13:30 - 14:00
Address: 24 Grosvenor Square, London, W1A 2LQ
Foreign Office: 14:40 – 15:10
Address: King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH
All details are on this map <http://tinyurl.com/5ygwms>
Please check our website before the day to check for any updates:
<http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/demonstrations.html>
Protests are being planned from Australia to Chile! For details of
protests in other countries click here <http://tinyurl.com/3vj9ll>. If
you don't see
your city/country please organise a protest where you live and send
details to this address: in...@burma-network.org
The Current Situation in Burma
The UN reports the death toll to be around 100,000 with 220,000
missing. 1.5 million are at severe risk if aid does not get in
immediately. Instead of allowing aid in and providing the best
response to the crisis, the regime is still blocking international aid
efforts and even preventing local NGOs access to the worst affected
areas. The U.N. said the World Food Program was getting in only 20
percent of the food needed because of logistical problems and regime
restrictions. General Thein Sein, the junta's Prime Minister, said on
Monday that no foreigners were allowed to go to the delta region, the
worst-hit areas. International aid agencies operating in Burma warn
that only 10% of the aid needed to cope with the millions struggling
to survive had arrived in the country. The military is now even
forcing people into camps, similar to prisons. No one is allowed to
leave, not even to search for missing family members. They must wear
their ID number at all times.
Thank you for your support.
Anna Roberts
The Burma Campaign UK
On Saturday May 17th 2008 people across the world will join a Global
Day of Action calling for an urgent response to the humanitarian
disaster in Burma.
We urge you to join this day of action and ask world governments to
take action now and save thousands of lives.
We are calling on the US, UK, France and other key nations to use
whatever assets and means they have to deliver aid to those suffering
in Burma, even
without the approval of the military regime. Many European leaders
have already stood up and called for action to force aid in if
necessary. This
effort is being pushed by a coalition of organizations around the
world, and supported by many groups inside Burma. We cannot stand by
as millions more
are on the brink of death from starvation and disease. The UN has
warned of a "second catastrophe unless the junta immediately allows
massive air and
land aid deliveries". Our sources inside Burma tell us that the
survivors in the Irrawaddy delta are now having to cope with a
"tsunami of disease".
We will hold 3 protests in London on Saturday 17 May, details are
below:
French Embassy: Time: 12:30 - 13:00
Address: 58 Knightsbridge London SW1X 7JT
American Embassy: Time: 13:30 - 14:00
Address: 24 Grosvenor Square, London, W1A 2LQ
Foreign Office: 14:40 – 15:10
Address: King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH
All details are on this map <http://tinyurl.com/5ygwms>
Please check our website before the day to check for any updates:
<http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/demonstrations.html>
Protests are being planned from Australia to Chile! For details of
protests in other countries click here <http://tinyurl.com/3vj9ll>. If
you don't see
your city/country please organise a protest where you live and send
details to this address: in...@burma-network.org
The Current Situation in Burma
The UN reports the death toll to be around 100,000 with 220,000
missing. 1.5 million are at severe risk if aid does not get in
immediately. Instead of allowing aid in and providing the best
response to the crisis, the regime is still blocking international aid
efforts and even preventing local NGOs access to the worst affected
areas. The U.N. said the World Food Program was getting in only 20
percent of the food needed because of logistical problems and regime
restrictions. General Thein Sein, the junta's Prime Minister, said on
Monday that no foreigners were allowed to go to the delta region, the
worst-hit areas. International aid agencies operating in Burma warn
that only 10% of the aid needed to cope with the millions struggling
to survive had arrived in the country. The military is now even
forcing people into camps, similar to prisons. No one is allowed to
leave, not even to search for missing family members. They must wear
their ID number at all times.
Thank you for your support.
Anna Roberts
The Burma Campaign UK
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