UN Chief Visits Myanmar

SelectPlusUN Chief Visits MyanmarUN Chief Visits MyanmarThe Associated PressU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sought to persuade Myanmar's ruling generals Thursday to let in a torrent of foreign assistance for cyclone victims rather than the current trickle. (May 22)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:ban arriving in Myanmar]UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is in Myanmar. He's trying to persuade the ruling junta to let more aid into the country. [Notes:various file of Myanmar cyclone victims] Myanmar says at least 78,000 people are dead and 56,000 still missing after Cyclone Nargis hit on May 2nd and 3rd. [Notes:ban with general, wide of aid agency newser]As the U.N. Chief made his case to the nation's leaders, foreign aid agencies were in neighboring Thailand pleading to be allowed to do more to help.SOT: Musa Muhammad, CARE: "We can take a confrontational role or we can take an engagement role or other role. So there are various ways to do it. So, all we are saying is we are choosing the way that is likely to help us succeed." [Notes:various of aid efforts] The aid agencies say SOME help is getting through to those who need it.SOT: Jamilah Mahmood, Mercy Malaysia: "I've just returned form Myanmar and what is very obvious is that despite all the challenges that the international aid community faces, aid is coming through." [Notes:various of aid efforts]And, they add, there are signs that the people of Myanmar are doing what they can to help themselves.SOT: Mahmood: "When you actually go to the delta areas you do see people getting on with their lives, repairing their roofs and mending their fences and really getting on. There is a really admirable sense of calm which I have not seen in many disaster areas that I visited, at least." [Notes:various of aid efforts, victims] The U.N. says up to 2.5 million cyclone survivors face hunger, homelessness and potential outbreaks of deadly diseases, especially in the low-lying delta. But so far, only about 25 percent of those in need have been reached by aid. ___ ___, The Associated Press

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