Myanmar Conflict

Comment 11. May 17, 2008

Conflict:
In the first week of May a very big cyclone hit Myanmar, they estimate more than 80000 deaths. But Myanmas was so devastated that the UN and other organizations know that more than thousands of people could die, so they wanted to send help, aid, and special workers to help Myanmar people. But the Junta didn't want help, they won't alowd any foreign help.

Who?
The UN and the Myanmar Junta.
What?
A cyclone hits Myanmar, and there are lots of deaths. But the Junta don't want any help from other countries.
Where?
In Myanmar, Asia.
When?
During May, in 2008.
Why?
Because the Junta thinks and is afraid the the people of Myanmar would like the foreign ideas, and would think that their goverments are very iresponsables and corrupt.

Background:
Scince 1962 Myanmar is governed by a military power. So now they proposed constitution for May and elections of 2010. The problem is that the Democretic forces are "fighting" against the military goverment, to se who would be the best candidate. And they don't accept any foreign help, because they want the people know they can handdle this huge problem by themselves. But they can't handdle it.

Solutions:
I think that if the Junta denies the foreign help, the UN is going to be force to use all his power (not military power) to made Myanmar's goverments to allowed help. Also the only way these people can saved is with the foreign help, the goverment of Myanmar can't handdle this by itself.

Myanmar Time Line

Comment 10, May 11, 2008.

Time Line:

February 10:
The military government of Myanmar, on Saturday announced a timetable for the “roadmap to democracy", on a proposed constitution for May and elections of 2010. The problem is that the Democretic forces are "fighting" against the military goverment, to se who would be the best candidate.

March 19:
The United Nacions sent a person to discuss with Myanmar leaders and minorities leaders, but that person couldn't see those leaders. The only thing he can do was to leave United Nations recommendations for international monitoring. So Myanmar’s ambassador, told the Council that his country completed four of the seven steps of its road-map project.

May 5:
A very powerfull cyclone hit Myanmar, killing thousands of people.

May 6/May 7:
The cyclone provoque thousands of deaths, millions of injures without shelter. But also made landfalls in the Irrawaddy delta region, and made floods in lots of towns. Some towns already disapeared, and the goverment think that some toens wouldn't survive.

May 8:
The United Nations are angry, because of hard access to Myanmar, where some 1.5 million people are believed to be very affected by the cyclone. The situation for the UN is: “increasingly desperate.”

May 10:
The leaders of Myanmar don't whant any foreign aid workers, because they are scared that the citizens could like the ideas of the foreigners. And they think if the referendum postponed, the foreigners could convince the people of their bad goverment. They would do anything to evit a landslide.

May 12:
UN's representatives, were really upset and unconformed about the irresponsibility of Myanmar's Junta to solved this humanitary crisis. The UN and other countries like U.S., Britain, and France are trying to send medical aids to Myanmar; but Myanmar's UN ambasador said that they would accept international help, but they wont let foreigners get inside Myanmar. Different leaders from many countries, propouse different posible solutions. French representative, expresed that the 15-member Security Council could use the U.N.'s mandate adopted in 2005 that nations have a ''responsibility to protect'' their own citizens to bypass Myanmar's military leaders and drop supplies by air. But that mandate does not mention natural disasters.