The Burma Campaign UK: Cyclone Nargis hits Burma

Campaigning for Human Rights and Democracy in Burma

Cylcone Nargis has devastated large areas of Burma.

More than one million people are believed to be homeless, and more than 100,000 could have been killed.

What little communications infrastructure that exists has been severely damaged, making contact in the low lying Irrawaddy Delta around Rangoon difficult. It is this area where the worst devastation is likely to have occurred, with most people living in homes made of bamboo that would struggle to survive torrential rains and winds of 190km an hour. Sea levels could also have risen by up to 3.5 metres in coastal areas, causing severe flooding.

Find out more about the Cyclone here

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	US Secretary of Defense, John Holmes, launches UN flash appeal (.pdf)

	European Parliament resolution on the post cyclone situation (.pdf)

	Glenys Kinnock MEP calls regime response "a crime against humanity" (.pdf)

	NLD Statement (10 May 08) (.pdf) [English] [Burmese]

	7 Alliances statement on Constituion (12th May 08)

	NCGUB Statement: Ignore the Junta, Save Lives First. (9th May 08) (.pdf)

	Dr Cynthia's clinic call for international assistance and outline their response.(9th May 08) (.pdf)

	All Burma Monks Alliance, 88 Generation students, All Burma Federation of Student Unions request international intervention. English, Burmese (9th May 08) (.pdf)

	7 Alliances statement- referendum, must be called off & international aid allowed in. (.pdf)

	NCGUB urge the UN to intervene in Burma using the Responsibility to Protect. (8th May 08) (.pdf)

	NLD statement on cyclone and the referendum. (.pdf) (7th May 08)

	NCGUB Statement: Ignore the Junta, Save Lives First.

	Dr Cynthia's clinic call for international assistance and outline their response.

	All Burma Monks Alliance, 88 Generation students, All Burma Federation of Student Unions request international intervention. English, Burmese (.pdf)

	7 Alliances statement- referendum, must be called off & international aid allowed in. (.pdf)

	NCGUB urge the UN to intervene in Burma using the Responsibility to Protect. (.pdf)

	NLD statement on cyclone and the referendum. (.pdf)

	Amnesty International urgently calls on regime to open borders (.pdf)

	NLD special statement on Cyclone May 6th (.pdf)

	NCGUB condemns Burmese military for delaying aid to cyclone victims. (.pdf)

	KNU statement on Humanitarian Assistance for Victims of Cyclone Nargis (.pdf)

	AAPP Statement on the fire and subsequent shooting of inmates at Insein Prison in the aftermath of the Cyclone (.pdf)

	Senator John McCain's statement on the Cyclone (.pdf)

	US First Lady, Laura Bush's statement on the cyclone. (.pdf)

	Statement by Dr Cynthia's clinic about the Cyclone (.pdf)

	NCUB appeal for support for the Burmese people. (.pdf)

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