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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.

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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