UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his immense frustration at what he called the "unacceptably slow" delivery of aid to some 1.5 million survivors of the recent Cyclone Nargis in Burma.
At a press conference in New York, Ban repeated the need for external help to get the necessary aid to the victims. On Monday, three French and US planes landed in Rangoon with more than 100 tons of medical and other aid. The US also announced that two more cargo aircraft were to fly in supplies on Tuesday for survivors of the storm that ravaged Burma 10 days ago. Burmese state television reports that the death toll has risen to 32,000. International relief agencies fear that at least 100,000 people are already dead.
(Deutsche Burmese voices ...
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