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Latest Myanmar Sanctions News

  • The regime is satisfied 15 May 2008 20:35 GMT
    ... victims need Still too little help for Myanmar's victims STARVING, homeless and vulnerable to infectious ... where they were welcomed. Friends of the Burmese regime—China itself, India, Bangladesh and Thailand—were belatedly allowed ... Myanmar in 1997, telling the West that sanctions against the regime were not working and ...

  • EU aid chief presses for visas on Myanmar mercy mission 15 May 2008 13:19 GMT
    ... aid official on Thursday pressed authorities in Myanmar to grant visas and freedom of movement to ... strained by the former's condemnation of, and sanctions against, the latter's military regime. Michel has ...

  • Critics blast Harper for dithering on Security Council seat 15 May 2008 09:56 GMT
    ... Mr. Harper gave no indication yesterday of what that ... We have cracked down on tyranny in Burma in applying the most severe sanctions in the world. And we have been ...

  • Critics blast Harper on dithering on campaign for UN Security Council seat 15 May 2008 09:45 GMT
    ... Mr. Harper gave no indication yesterday of what that ... We have cracked down on tyranny in Burma in applying the most severe sanctions in the world. And we have been ...

  • The deluge to come 15 May 2008 08:27 GMT
    ... his own propaganda channel, the chilling proto-Stalinist Myanmar TV network, is the war criminal who heads Burma's military junta. A kung-fu film enthusiast and ... human varieties. Aung Zaw, editor of the Burmese exiles' magazine Irrawaddy, says Shwe's junta is ...

  • International community considers forced aid to Myanmar 15 May 2008 00:49 GMT
    ... people left destitute by Cylone Nargis in Myanmar are becoming increasingly desperate with foreign aid still ... military government, which is under heavy US sanctions. Meanwhile, the Dutch government says that aid ...

  • The Right Way to Pressure Beijing 14 May 2008 21:28 GMT
    ... Editor's note: Given the recent tragic events in ... populous country is not an option. Economic sanctions that worked against apartheid South Africa and ... least nominal pressure on countries such as Burma and Zimbabwe would be fruitless against the world’s ...

  • American Jewish World Service (AJWS) Providing Aid to Burma (Myanmar) Cyclone Victims 14 May 2008 18:50 GMT
    ... relief and long-term community development efforts in Burma (Myanmar) ( ), which was ravaged last week ... accelerate final passage of legislation strengthening economic sanctions on Burma (Myanmar). It is also appealing ...

  • Justice without borders; Longing for peace; A betrayal of Serbia; A chance in Lebanon 14 May 2008 17:47 GMT
    ... Why haven't the "great" powers sought Security Council authorization ... Council authorization to send their aid to Burma under the protection of their own military forces ... to the UN Assembly to obtain its sanction for such military protection as they successfully ...

  • Isolating Burma doesn't help 14 May 2008 16:33 GMT
    ... THE devastating natural disasters in Burma and China illustrate the difference between having ... competent government and an incompetent one. The Burmese military, unlike the Chinese, has done little ...

  • Greg Sheridan: Isolating Burma doesn't help 14 May 2008 15:13 GMT
    ... THE devastating natural disasters in Burma and China illustrate the difference between having ... competent government and an incompetent one. The Burmese military, unlike the Chinese, has done little ...

  • Burma to allow in foreign aid workers 14 May 2008 14:15 GMT
    ... Burma to allow in foreign aid workers Published: ... and Bangladesh have also been asked by Burmese authorities to send teams of experienced disaster ...

  • Burma's rulers seal off cyclone hit areas 14 May 2008 14:09 GMT
    ... Burma's rulers seal off cyclone hit areas Written ... Samak flew to Rangoon for talks with Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein, aimed at persuading ...

  • Myanmar invites relief experts from Asia 14 May 2008 12:02 GMT
    ... Myanmar's junta has appealed for aid personnel from ... of western democracies, which have imposed economic sanctions on the country to punish the junta's ...

  • Morning press briefing from 13 May 2008 14 May 2008 11:11 GMT
    ... > > > > Morning press briefing from 13 May 2008 ... the Foreign Secretary on the situation in Burma. Most of the Cabinet was spent discussing the ... the Government was continuing to tighten up sanctions relating to knife crime wherever it could. ...

  • Official: Thai team to go Myanmar cyclone area 14 May 2008 10:45 GMT
    ... not reached them yet, after 10 days .Burmese (so-called) government is narrow-minded, paranoiac and irresponsible. ... one way or another... China's Earth Quake, Myanmar Cyclone, and Myanmar October 2007 Movement are ... MST on Mon., Jan. 7, 2008 re: Burma will never get Democracy. They might get ...

  • Burma invites relief experts from Asia 14 May 2008 10:29 GMT
    ... Bangkok - Burma's junta has appealed for aid personnel from Bangladesh, ... of western democracies, which have imposed economic sanctions on the country to punish the junta's ...

  • Limited Options in Burma 14 May 2008 09:34 GMT
    ... How many people have died in Burma (Myanmar) since Cyclone Zargis struck the South Asian ... invading Burma, or at the minimum violate Burmese airspace (and sovereignty) by air-dropping supplies to ...

  • The changing misfortunes of Burma 14 May 2008 08:07 GMT
    ... “The energy (to do) dissipates.” Condoleezza Rice, Secretary ... he is convinced hundreds of thousands of Burmese benefit from Chevron's highly militarized presence in Burma. ‘If we left, another country would just ...

  • Myanmar under fire for hindering aid effort 14 May 2008 04:38 GMT
    ... Myanmar's reclusive military government is keeping most foreign ... who before the cyclone had imposed fresh sanctions on the country ruled by the military ...

  • Rudd 'quiet diplomacy' could help stem Burmese cyclone crisis 14 May 2008 04:31 GMT
    ... In 2005, the UN General Assembly and Security Council ... than 12 days since Cyclone Nargis struck Burma's delta region with devastating force, causing many ... subsequential disease, starvation and exposure. Yet the Burmese Government continues to conduct business as usual, ...

  • Are the generals still indifferent? 14 May 2008 01:28 GMT
    ... Whenever Burma faces a political or humanitarian crisis, Burmese and foreign observers monitor the reclusive military leaders from a distance, trying to gauge ...

  • Why disaster diplomacy won't work in Myanmar 14 May 2008 01:06 GMT
    ... a 'disaster diplomacy' breakthrough in the antagonistic US-Myanmar relationship may have been banished in a ... to allow urgently needed assistance for the Burmese people.'' Mr Joel Charny, vice-president for policy ... the country to raise the issue of Burma before the UN Security Council and push ...

  • Canada to Airlift 2,000 Emergency Shelter Kits to Burma 13 May 2008 23:59 GMT
    ... to Airlift 2,000 Emergency Shelter Kits to Burma OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 13, 2008) - ... Minister Bernier said. "We call upon the Burmese government to move rapidly to meet the ... Burma in a timely fashion." "Over 27,000 Myanmar Red Cross volunteers have been working around ...

  • US couple helps Myanmar cyclone victims 13 May 2008 23:56 GMT
    ... BEIRUT, Lebanon - Saudi Arabia sent Iran a sharp ... to do." Regarding the possibility of more sanctions, Deputy National Security Adviser Elliott Abrams said: ...


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