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| Southeast Asia |
| U.N. Has 'Major Concern' over Myanmar Displaced |
| 2012-12-08 |
| [An Nahar] A top U.N. envoy Friday raised concerns about the plight of hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes by unrest in Myanmar, after visiting camps in the country's conflict-hit west and north. The United Nations ...an international organization whose stated aims of facilitating interational security involves making sure that nobody with live ammo is offended unless it's a civilized country... ' humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said almost half a million people are displaced "in need of assistance" in the country, which is opening to the world after nearly half a century of military rule ended last year. "While it is a time of positive change in the country, humanitarian needs have increased and this is a major concern," said Amos, the under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. The U.N. said around 115,000 people have fled bloody communal violence between Moslem and Buddhist communities in western Rakhine state, while 75,000 are displaced in Kachin state in the north because of ongoing fighting between ethnic rebels and the army. A further 300,000 are believed to be unable to return home because of separate conflicts along the country's eastern border with Thailand. |
| Posted by:Fred |