Cyclone Nargis News

Campaigners across the world will join forces tomorrow to demand the world does more to aid cyclone victims in Burma. More than 30 events will take place worldwide, including in UK, USA, France, Spain, Hong Kong, Thailand, Chile, Australia, Canada,…

No Hope For Responsibility To Protect Action By Security Council The Burma Campaign UK today condemned China for continuing to obstruct moves to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Burma. “Any hope that the Security Council would invoke Responsibility to Protect…

The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by Prime Minister Gordon Brown that HMS Westminster is on its way to Burma with humanitarian supplies.  It is more than a week since the cyclone struck and the regime ruling Burma…

Failure to donate would be a triple-whammy for innocent victims The Burma Campaign UK today called on the British public not to be put off donating for Burma’s cyclone victims by stories of Burma’s generals seizing UN aid. “If you…

The Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to back moves to get the United Nations Security Council to authorise aid shipments to Burma. On day 6 since Cyclone Nargis struck, most people have still not received any…

New research by the Burma Campaign UK today reveals that nearly 2000 villages are flooded in Burma following Cyclone Nargis. The Burma Campaign UK today expressed serious concern for the victims of Cyclone Nargis. “The situation in these villages is…

The Burma Campaign UK today condemned the regime in Burma for spending just £2.5m ($5 million) on aid for people affected by the cyclone, despite receiving £1.35bn (2.7bn dollars a year) from gas exports.  The figures were revealed in a…

As the death toll in Burma rises to at least 22,000, new satellite maps released by the United Nations show the devastating scale of floods affecting Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta following Cylone Nargis striking Burma on Saturday. The maps show large…

UK Cyclone Aid Must Be New Money The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed an announcement by International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander that the British government would provide £5m in humanitarian assistance for cyclone victims in Burma. The announcement came four…

The Burma Campaign UK today called on the UK government to provide emergency aid for cyclone victims in Burma. At least 15,000 people are feared dead and hundreds of thousands homeless after Burma was struck by Cyclone Nargis on Friday…