Date: May 8, 2008
Statement Released for Cyclone Disaster
We, Burmese medical professionals and Burmese civic organizations all over the world have been following the news of cyclone Nargis victims with deep sympathy and concerns. Cyclone victims have been without effective help for 6 days now and we are very much concerned about unnecessary human suffering and deaths. The situation is extremely dire with many people barely surviving.
The Burmese regime's blocking of aid is beyond horrendous. There are still many people and supplies waiting to go, but the Burmese regime continues to deny access.
We strongly urge International Community and Disaster Management Team enter into the country on humanitarian basis without waiting for permission from the military regime to provide immediate assistance to the victims of cyclone Nargis. We need immediate and massive airborne assistance to help the victims in outlying areas since roads have been destroyed. Actually, we need field hospitals, instant water purification plants, helicopters, boats...etc. The regime and the health professionals alone do not have the capacity to do it. There are no facilities in Burma for disaster assessment and management.
The cholera outbreak is starting now. The death toll is likely to rise drastically if massive large scale aid does not reach the affected areas to prevent the spread of water-borne diseases and address the survivors’ lack of clean water, shelter and food. We only have precious minutes and hours (not days) to help those hundreds of thousands of victims.
For further info:
Contact:
Dr. Cynthia Maung ( BMA) Thailand
Tel: 66-55-544495
Dr Khin Saw Win (Alice) (BMA) Canada
Tel: 780-4924547/780-9529877
Dr. Aye Min (USA)
Tel: 804-512-4669
Concerned Burmese Physicians and Professionals www.cmpp-burma.blogspot.com
Moe Thee Zun (USA)
Democratic Federation of Burma
Ar Kar Soe (USA)
Anti-Dictatorship People’s Freedom Movement www.adpfmburma.com
arkarsoee@yahoo.com
Tel: 301-213-0605
Yin Aye (USA)
Democratic Burmese Students Organization (USA)
Tel: 301-905-7591
Tin Maung Thaw (General Secretary) (USA)
Committee for Restoration of Democracy in Burma
703-723-4855
tinthaw@yahoo.com
Min Yan Naing (Burma)
Generation Wave
gwbobmarley@gmail.com
Tel: +66-852385979
Ko Ko Aung (Japan)
Democractic Federation of Burma (Japan)
Tel: +81-9015062893
Kyaw Kyaw Soe (Japan)
League for Democracy in Burma (Japan)
Tel: +81-9060314394
Khin Sandi (USA)
Women on the Move for Burma
917 445 9222
Aung Khant (USA)
International Campaign for Burma (New York)
Tel: 516-808-1515
Ko Myo (USA)
88 Generation Students (Exile)
Tel: 347-668-5046
komyoe_art@yahoo.com
Aung Sa
Oversea Burmese Patriots (Singapore)
Tel: +65-9487-4413
Taw Thar Gyi
Democratic Front of the Patriots (HQ)
Mindfulness07@gmail.com
Shwe Htee (USA)
Nonviolent Empowerment Organization
Tel: 571-235-4035
Dr. Thi Ha (USA)
Burmese Democracy Forum (Fort Wayne - Indiana)
nainglulu@aol.com
Tel: 260-602-1876
Dr. Naing Lin (Malaysia)
National League for Democracy (LA – Malaysia)
nainglin2006@yahoo.com
Tel: 60-16-366-9347
Dong Khup (USA)
Chin Freedom Coalition
dkhup@aol.com
Tel: 443-629-3329
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