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Burma Partnership is pleased to announce that we have launched our new website. We hope it will be a useful tool for governments, journalists, researchers, and especially activists from Burma and all over the world.

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Burma Partnership Secretariat

Friday, June 06, 2008

Burma Update: June 6, 2008


News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: Group slams environmental impact of dam projects
Democratic Voice of Burma: Cyclone refugees threatened with relocation
Democratic Voice of Burma: Labutta and Bogalay struggle with dysentery outbreak
Mizzima News: Protests by activists outside Burmese embassy foiled by police
Mizzima News: Cyclone Nargis: The hiddencosts of reconstruction
Kachin News Group: Massive deforestation in Kachin State threatens farmers' livelihood
Shan Herald Agency for News: Burma Army still on search-and-destroy mission against Nargis casualties
The Irrawaddy: Business Booms for Some in Irrawaddy Delta
The Irrawaddy: Rights Groups Report Post-Cyclone Abuses
The Irrawaddy: Meet the ‘Handy Youths’ of the Irrawaddy Delta
The Irrawaddy: Cyclone Victims Migrating to Thailand
The Irrawaddy: Delta Needs more Aid Workers: US



Opinion/Other

The Nation: Burma still blocking cyclone aid effort [Editorials]

The Boston Globe: Cruelty and silence in Burma [Editorial]

State Island Advance: Burma's endless agony [Editorial]


Statement/Press Release

Scoop (Press Release: Royal Thai Government): Summary of Thailand's Assistance to Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis - June 7, 2008

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH): Oral Statement - Burma- Press Release

Relief Web (International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies - IFRC): Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis Emergency Appeal No. MDRMM002 Operations Update No. 15- Appeal - 06 Jun 2008

Relief Web (Thailand Burma Border Consortium - TBBC): Myanmar: Donors responding to border food crisis


Report/Briefer

United Nations Joint Logistics Centre (UNJLC): Myanmar: Response to Nargis Cyclone Logistics Consolidated Situation Report 06 Jun 2008

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 28 - June 6, 2008


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