Burma to allow 9 UN helicopters to deliver aid
2008-05-21 HKT 02:27
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The United Nations Secretary
General, Ban Ki-moon, says
Burma has given the UN World
Food Programme permission to
use nine helicopters to get
aid to cyclone victims in
remote areas. Speaking ahead
of a visit to Burma, Mr Ban
welcomed recent signs of
flexibility by the Burmese
government over the aid
operation, but he said relief
supplies had still only
reached a quarter of the
people who needed them.
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