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Pressure Mounts on Junta to Allow Foreign Aid

15/05/08May 15, 2008

The United Nations will organise an emergency summit on the Myanmar cyclone disaster in Asia, according to British PM Gordon Brown. The UN also intends to send a special envoy to Myanmar to strengthen disaster relief and persuade the military rulers to accept foreign assistance in the wake of Cyclone Nargis.

Myanmar PM Thein Sein, left, and his Thai counterpart Samak Sundaravej inspect aid supplies
Myanmar PM Thein Sein, left, and his Thai counterpart Samak Sundaravej inspect aid suppliesImage: AP
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