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Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Speakers: Chris Beyrer, M.D. Department of Epidemiology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Patrick Marcham Director, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief National Security Council (NSC) Ky Luu Director Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Moderated by: Derek Mitchell Senior Fellow and Director for Asia CSIS International Security program SOURCE: Center for Strategic...
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Department of State (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
View Video 12:19 p.m. EDT MR. MCCORMACK: Good afternoon, everybody. Just a couple quick updates for you. I know Ky Luu updated you on Burma, but just to reiterate. The first assistance flight from the United States made its way into Burma today. There are supposed to be two others.
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
The director of U.S. foreign disaster assistance says there is "massive concern" that U.S. aid for Myanmar's cyclone victims will not get to the people who need it. Ky Luu (Kee LOO) says the U.S. plans to track the supplies it flew into the country Monday in...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... die. Bush said “the world ought to be angry and condemn the government” of Myanmar. Meanwhile, Ky Luu, the director of the U.S. office of foreign disaster assistance, said “there's massive concern” about whether U.S. aid for Myanmar's cyclone victims will get to those suffering from disease and lack of food and water. Luu told reporters at the State Department that the United States plans to rely...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... to enter the isolated nation and help with rebuilding, foreign disaster assistance director Ky Luu said."At this point in time what's being accepted is our commodities … [W]e have to stay optimistic, support the in-country team, and hope that the commodities will be able to reach the beneficiaries," Luu told reporters. The Bush administration also announced an additional $13m in aid for Burma,...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Ky Luu (Kee LOO) says the U.S. plans to track the supplies it flew into the country Monday in a U.S. military C-130 cargo plane. But he says that it is difficult to determine now what will happen to the aid in the tightly controlled military-led country.
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
However, the director of U.S. foreign disaster assistance says there is "massive concern" that U.S. aid will not get to the people who need it. Ky Luu said the U.S. plans to track the supplies, but that it's difficult to determine what will happen to the aid in the tightly controlled, military-led country.
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
However, the director of U.S. foreign disaster assistance says there is "massive concern" that U.S. aid will not get to the people who need it. Ky Luu said the U.S. plans to track the supplies, but that it's difficult to determine what will happen to the aid in the tightly controlled, military-led country.
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The director of U.S. foreign disaster assistance says skilled foreign aid workers are sitting on the sidelines as victims of last week's cyclone in Myanmar die. Ky Luu says the disaster is pushing an already vulnerable population "right off the cliff" as...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Washington - US aid officials on Thursday implored the Myanmar government to allow them access to the country in order to help victims of a cyclone over the weekend that has left tens of thousands of people dead. While Ky Luu, a director with the US ...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Ky Luu, the director of the U.S. office of foreign disaster assistance, said air drops were one option to help victims if the Myanmar government continues to limit outside aid and expertise.
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
News ) - The director of U.S. foreign disaster assistance says skilled foreign aid workers are sitting on the sidelines as victims of last week's cyclone in Myanmar die.Ky Luu says the disaster is pus...
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... from the United States and other nations and international relief agencies. Earlier Friday, Ky Luu, director of the US office of foreign disaster assistance, had said that skilled aid workers were being forced to sit on the sidelines as victims of last week's cyclone die. His comments reflect mounting frustration among the United States and other countries as they wait for permission from the military-led...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Ky Luu , the director of the U.S. office of foreign disaster assistance.Myanmar's generals, traditionally paranoid about foreign influence, issued an appeal for international assistance after the stor...
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... struggling to recover from a tragedy of unimaginable scale.The is necessary to play Windows Media.Ky Luu urged the generals to allow access to foreign aid teams, including a group of U.S. specialists waiting in Thailand; he said desperately needed supplies are piling up on airport tarmacs. “This is a very vulnerable population, and a shock of this magnitude is going to take people right off the...
