Foreigners taken to Myanmar's disaster area

Published: Saturday 17 May 2008 19:01 UTC
Last updated: Saturday 17 May 2008 19:01 UTC
Foreign diplomats and aid workers have been taken for the first time to the disaster area in Myanmar, which was hit by Cyclone Nagris at the beginning of the month. At least 78,000 people were killed in the Irrawaddy delta. The foreign guests were taken by helicopter to the delta, but they said the tour was too quick and too selective to form a proper picture of the situation.

Meanwhile the military regime is under increasing pressure to allow foreign aid workers into the country. US President George W Bush has extended sanctions against the military regime and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called the treatment of the disaster victims "inhumane".
France has also strongly criticised the junta for refusing to allow a French navy ship to enter the country's territorial waters with aid for the victims. The French ambassador to the United Nations says the Myanmar regime is on the verge of committing a crime against humanity.
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