Myanmar (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... the intensity of briefings in Bangkok stopped. But they still have briefings in Bangkok,” she said.Amanda Pitt, a spokesperson for the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, rejected The Irrawaddy’s report that the UN had suspended press conferences in Bangkok as “erroneous and factually incorrect.”In an email to The Irrawaddy, Pitt said that the no press...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
... education, said the world body."Funding is clearly not coming in at the rate we would hope," said Amanda Pitt, a spokeswoman in Bangkok, Thailand, for the U.N. relief operations. "Funding is urgently needed to sustain the pipeline for food and assistance."Other agencies are faring better. The private, Christian-oriented group World Vision, a major international relief agency, says...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
... education, said the world body. “Funding is clearly not coming in at the rate we would hope,” said Amanda Pitt, a U.N. spokeswoman in Bangkok, Thailand. “Funding is urgently needed to sustain the pipeline for food and assistance.” Aid donors representing dozens of countries and regional organizations met last month in Yangon and agreed to provide some cyclone aid, but warned the junta...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
... education, said the world body."Funding is clearly not coming in at the rate we would hope," said Amanda Pitt, a spokeswoman in Bangkok, Thailand, for the U.N. relief operations. "Funding is urgently needed to sustain the pipeline for food and assistance."Other agencies are faring better. The private, Christian-oriented group World Vision, a major international relief agency, says...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
... have received only about 20 percent of the funding they need. Education has received nothing.Amanda Pitt, a spokeswoman for the U.N. relief operations, says she expects funding will increase after results from a needs assessment in the hard-hit Irrawaddy delta is finished June 20.The U.N. estimates the cyclone affected 2.4 million people. The government says at least 78,000 people...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
... and education, it said.
"Funding is clearly not coming in at the rate we would hope," said Amanda Pitt, a spokeswoman for the U.N. relief operations. "Funding is urgently needed to sustain the pipeline for food and assistance."
Pitt said the U.N. hopes that funding will increase after a comprehensive assessment of the needs of the estimated 2.4 million survivors...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
... and education, it said."Funding is clearly not coming in at the rate we would hope," said Amanda Pitt, a spokeswoman for the U.N. relief operations. "Funding is urgently needed to sustain the pipeline for food and assistance."Pitt said the U.N. hopes that funding will increase after a comprehensive assessment of the needs of the estimated 2.4 million survivors of the May 2-3...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
... have received only about 20 percent of the funding they need. Education has received nothing. Amanda Pitt, a spokeswoman for the U.N. relief operations, says she expects funding will increase after results from a needs assessment in the hard-hit Irrawaddy delta is finished June 20.The U.N. estimates the cyclone affected 2.4 million people. The government says at least 78,000 people...
Relief Web (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
... of the total $201 million sought – and there have been another $51 million of uncommitted pledges. Amanda Pitt, a spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told journalists today in Bangkok that humanitarian agencies are concerned that there could be shortages of food relief, shelter and other supplies in the coming weeks unless more money...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... and Red Crescent Societies said in a report.U.N. agencies were assessing the new guidelines, said Amanda Pitt of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.The guidelines require most activities by the foreign agencies to be cleared by a government ministry and local authorities. It also requires approval from the so-called Tripartite Core Group, comprising representatives...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... about is premature returns to areas where the services are not yet in a position to be used," said Amanda Pitt, a spokeswoman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, at a news conference in Bangkok.France Hurtubise of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said that providing shelter remained a priority. According to the organization,...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... about is premature returns to areas where the services are not yet in a position to be used," said Amanda Pitt, a spokeswoman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, at a news conference in Bangkok.France Hurtubise of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said that providing shelter remained a priority. According to the organization,...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
"It has taken quite a long time, but this shows the government is on board by its commitment to facilitate the relief operation and the scaling up that people are asking for," said Amanda Pitt, a U.N. spokeswoman in Bangkok, Thailand.Cyclone Nargis killed more than 78,000 people in the impoverished country.The ruling junta has been sharply criticized by foreign governments and aid agencies...
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
"It has taken quite a long time, but this shows the government is on board by its commitment to facilitate the relief operation and the scaling up that people are asking for," said Amanda Pitt, a U.N. spokeswoman in Bangkok, Thailand.Cyclone Nargis killed more than 78,000 people in the impoverished country.The ruling junta has been sharply criticized by foreign governments and aid agencies...
The First Post (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... region when Cyclone Nargis swept in from the Bay of Bengal on May 2. A UN spokeswoman in Bangkok, Amanda Pitt, said she hoped it signalled a greater willingness by the Burmese government to work alongside aid workers.Meanwhile, 18 destitute women and children who survived Burma's disastrous cyclone have been arrested on their way to the UN office in Rangoon to plead for assistance.Sources...
