Myanmar (Free subscription) | yesterday
The EU's humanitarian aid commissioner has wrung some concessions from Myanmar's military leaders, raising hopes they will make relief efforts easier after a cyclone two weeks ago.Louis Michel said mo...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
The top aid official in the European Union, Louis Michel, has urged the military junta in Myanmar to open up an airbase and provide visas for foreign aid workers.
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
The European Union's top aid official, Louis Michel, met ministers in Yangon on Thursday and urged them to admit foreign aid workers and essential equipment to keep the death toll, which the Red Cross...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Brussels - The European Union's top aid official on Thursday pressed authorities in Myanmar to grant visas and freedom of movement to aid workers, officials in Brussels said. EU aid commissioner Louis Michel held a positive first meeting with Myanm...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | yesterday
... official death toll has already risen beyond 77,000 by Saturday morning, as EU Commissioner Louis Michel announces the results of his visit to Myanmar: "My feeling is that they are tempted to react positively to our request. But at the same time I also sense reluctance, because the relations between the Myanmar authorities and the international community are of course not very positive."On...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Europe added its voice to international pressure on Burma's junta, with EU aid chief Louis Michel in Yangon in an effort to convince the military to allow the cyclone relief force to help the millions in need. Alice Beaumont reports from Burma.
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... let outside experts direct relief efforts. The European Union's commissioner for humanitarian aid, Louis Michel, left Rangoon after he failed to persuade the regime to accept large-scale help. The United Nations says Burma has now granted a visa to its emergency relief co-ordinator. John Holmes is expected to arrive in Rangoon on Sunday.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | yesterday
... emergency relief. We are going onto the second phase, the rebuilding stage.” “Time is life,” said Louis Michel , the European Commissioner for Development & Humanitarian Aid to reporters at Bangkok International Airport in Thailand . “No government in the world can tackle such a problem alone. This is a major catastrophe.” Michel was returning from a trip to Yangon where he...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | yesterday
... more than two million survivors in urgent need. The European Union's commissioner for development, Louis Michel, has left Rangoon empty-handed after failing to persuade the regime to accept large-scale foreign help. The United Nations says Burma's junta has now granted a visa to its emergency relief co-ordinator, John Holmes. He is expected to arrive in Rangoon on Sunday. Meanwhile,...
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Our man 'Hugh' has been out and about in the Irrawaddy delta and has a shocking account of what is happening here. This on a day when the EU's humanitarian aid man Louis Michel has been denied access on his trip to Burma to anywhere other than a perfectly run camp on the end of Rangoon. Michel could not get answers as to why no visas are being issued, nor as to why aid is being...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Bangkok - European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel flew to cyclone-devastated Myanmar on Wednesday to persuade the country's junta to improve access for a massive international disaster...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Bangkok - European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel flew to cyclone-devastated Myanmar on Wednesday to persuade the country's junta to improve access for a massive international disaster relief programme straining to reach the people in...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
... special envoy in Burma Alice Beaumont. On his second day to the cyclone-hit country, EU aid chief Louis Michel also said he is still waiting for permission to visit Myanmar's cyclone disaster zone. "I requested to go into the delta but was not allowed to enter yesterday. I am still hoping to go today," Michel said. Likewise, France has also dispatched a navy helicopter carrier...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
The European Union's top aid official, Louis Michel, met ministers in Yangon on Thursday and urged them to admit foreign aid workers and essential equipment to keep the death toll, which the Red Cross says could be as high as 128,000, from rising.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Brussels - The European Commission said Friday it was providing emergency relief worth 2 million euros (3.1 million dollars) to help the victims of China's destructive earthquake. "The 2 million euros released by the European Commission will contribute to bring vital items to the survivors of this terrible earthquake," said Louis Michel, the European Union executive's aid commissioner....
