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UN's Ban going to Myanmar to discuss cyclone aid
18 May 2008 14:20:15 GMT
Source: Reuters
UNITED NATIONS, May 18 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will travel to Myanmar this week to discuss the troubled aid operations for victims of the cyclone that devastated the country earlier this month, his spokeswoman said on Sunday.

"I can confirm he (Ban) is going to Myanmar this week," spokeswoman Michele Montas said by telephone, adding that he was expected to arrive by Wednesday or Thursday.


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Children play at a village hit by Cyclone Nargis, outside Yangon May 18, 2008. Aid was trickling in on Sunday to an estimated 2.5 million people left destitute by Cyclone Nargis ...



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