Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
When I was young I believed that dwarfs were put to work inside photo booths. (Yes, I know, but bear with me.) Because of the size of the machines and the complex chemical technicalities of predigital photo developing, I thought that if you sauntered into Woolworths and cut open a passport photo booth, inside, taking refuge from toiling in a diamond mine in the enchanted forest, you would find a tiny...
State Journal Featured Content (Free subscription) | yesterday
James Ingram, Ed Collington and John Holmes all face charges in the case.
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes will fly into Myanmar on Sunday. UN aid officials say there has been some slow progress in getting relief supplies and humanitarian workers...
HOME (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of survivors' suffering, two weeks after a killer cyclone left up to 2.5 million people destitute. John Holmes, U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, will go to Myanmar on Sunday to try to convince junta...
Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Burma cyclone relief U N humanitarian aid chief John Holmes is to visit Burma hoping to get more foreign aid in. But who will he be meeting? Michelle Montas is his spokesperson. Listen 4 mins 49 secs More news programmes From BBC News site Chinese leader visits quake area More stories from BBC News Bulletins Listen to News Bulletin Listen to [...]
Myanmar (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Holmes, the UN's undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, is waiting to have his visa approved by Myanmar to talk to the government there.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | yesterday
UNITED NATIONS - UN humanitarian chief John Holmes plans to travel to cyclone-hit Myanmar in the next days to persuade its military rulers to open up to foreign aid, the United Nations said Thursday.
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
New York - The top United Nations emergency humanitarian coordinator, John Holmes, is expected to travel to Myanmar to try to open up access for relief workers and international supplies for victims o...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
New York - The top United Nations emergency humanitarian coordinator, John Holmes, is expected to travel to Myanmar to try to open up access for relief workers and international supplies for victims of Cyclone Nargis, a UN spokeswoman said Thursday. ...
UN Dispatch (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
This is a couple of days old, but I thought I'd flag it anyway. The World Food Program's Josette Sheeran and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes discuss relief efforts in Burma with Charlie Rose....
Myanmar (Free subscription) | yesterday
UN humanitarian chief John Holmes is waiting for a visa to travel to Burma where he hopes to press the junta to allow in foreign aid to help survivors of the deadly cyclone. Burma state media has ra...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Holmes, the leading UN humanitarian affairs official, is waiting for visa approval to visit Myanmar so he can urge the military government to open up to a full-scale international relief effort.
Myanmar (Free subscription) | yesterday
The official death toll from Cyclone Nargis has nearly doubled to almost 78,000 and another 56,000 people remain missing two weeks after the devastating storm, state television reported Friday.
Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
People across southern Burma urgently need help, aid agencies say United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says he plans to send a senior official to urge Burma’s military leaders to open up to foreign aid. Mr Ban said he wanted UN aid chief John Holmes to accompany a food aid delivery to the cyclone-hit nation. He [...]
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
UN humanitarian chief John Holmes said Monday that more visas are being granted to international relief workers to get into Myanmar to help victims of cyclone Nargis, but still more are needed. Speaki...
