OCHA Situation Report No. 28
Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis
6 June 2008


Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

This situation report is based on information received by the clusters, 
whose partners include UN Agencies, national and international NGOs, the 
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and IOM.

HIGHLIGHTS

There is an urgent need for substantial amounts of tarpaulins for the 
shelter sector, given that stocks in the country have been depleted.

Relief assistance has been provided by air (helicopter) for the 5th 
consecutive day.

There is a pressing need for funding for the logistics operation. Only USD 
20 million of the 50 million required have been received. These funds are 
needed to extend the outreach of the operation from the hubs to those 
villages that have yet to receive assistance.

Regarding access to the affected areas in the Irrawaddy delta, there are 
indications that the process to receive authorisation to travel is 
currently taking more than 2-3 days.

As of 4 June 2008, the Red Cross has reached a total of over 228'000 
beneficiaries (an increase of approximately 20% since 2 June), of which 
36'605 are located in Yangon Division, 190'000 in Ayeyarwady Division, and 
1'590 in Mon State.

NATIONAL RESPONSE

Members of the Korean medic team are going to provide services in 
Kunyangon for 12 days starting from today.

This week doctors from the Myanmar Medical Association are joining mobile 
service teams funded by UNFPA to provide emergency reproductive health 
services including safe delivery. The first team is being deployed today 
to two villages in Phyapon Township

Myanmar Red Cross Society

As of 4 June 2008, the Red Cross has reached a total of over 228'000 
beneficiaries (an increase of approximately 20% since 2 June), of which 
36'605 are located in Yangon Division, 190'000 in Ayeyarwady Division, and 
1'590 in Mon State.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

Operational Capacity

A total of 166 visas have been issued to international UN staff working on 
the response to Cyclone Nargis to date. The number of international UN 
staff arriving in Myanmar per week has remained the same since mid-May and 
there are no reported obstacles for UN staff in receiving visas. For 
International NGOs, the visa process still seems to be more cumbersome and 
some INGOs have visa requests that have been pending for up to three 
weeks. Several INGOs who do have an MoU with the Government to work in 
Myanmar (although not necessarily in the delta) are reporting that they 
are told by Myanmar Embassies that they need both a supporting letter from 
the UN and a letter from their line ministry before the embassies can 
issue visas.

Regarding access to the affected areas in the Irrawaddy delta, there are 
indications that the process to receive authorisation to travel is 
currently taking more than 2-3 days.

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