ASEAN Countries Criticise Burma for Disaster Response

(24 July 08 - RV) Asia-Pacific nations today called for greater coordination in dealing with natural disasters, including deploying military resources, in a region prone to earthquakes, cyclones and tsunamis. The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), which brings together the 10 members of the Association of South East Asian Nations with other Asia-Pacific powers, also criticised Myanmar’s ruling military junta for its response to Cyclone Nargis. The Director of the Burma Campaign UK Anna Roberts gave her reaction to the declaration…