More Asean Aid To Myanmar

Bandar Seri Begawan - Her Royal Highness Princess Hajah Masna, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, yesterday joined the Foreign Ministers of Asean and Representatives of the Member States of the United Nations at the Asean-UN International Pledging Conference in Yangon, Myanmar.

The conference was inaugurated by Prime Minister Theirs Sein of the Union of Myanmar. The Secretary General of Asean and the Undersecretary-General of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs briefed the conference on joint Asean-UN efforts on international response to Cyclone Nargis.

During the conference, participants discussed relief and rehabilitation initiatives and announced their respective pledges of assistance to Myanmar. A Co-chairmen statement on behalf of Ministers and Representatives attending the Pledging

Conference was issued at the end of the session.

Meanwhile Xinhua reports: Myanmar Prime Minister General Theirs Sein, Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo delivered speeches at the conference also attended by delegates from 52 UN and Asean member states as well as those from 24 UN agencies, international financial institutions and non-governmental organisations totaling over 360.

The Pledging Conference came after Surin and Ban visited Myanmar during this week. Ban's two-day tour on Thursday and Friday had taken him to two cyclone-devastated areas in the Ayeyawaddy delta. Ban called on the international community to extend more humanitarian assistance to Myanmar. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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