The situation in Burma should be a warning to ANY country who is over sensitive to criticism. Those Turkish nationalists who concern themselves with their country's reputation and outward appearence should take GOOD NOTE. Burma is a country who has a history of arresting anyone who disagrees or pays the slightest insult to their regime.. including writers and poets.. ring any bells?

The Burmese government are effectively killing thousands more people by blocking aid workers from entering and by hiding bodies to keep death tolls lower. Their efforts to cover up this tragedy are so "admirable" ...such a shame they could not have made the same effort in helping the dying. People are dying, unaware that an hours flight away in Bangkok, food and shelter and medical assistance are available.

Today, amid all the disaster around them, the Burmese are holding a constitutional referendum and will be more concerned with votes than with making efforts to help their own people.

Governments who put criticism and reputation before their own people are criminals.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7393371.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7393565.stm

A country's propaganda and reputation shown at it's best:-

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/10/cyclonenargis.burma1

Burmas shame - very true! So dispicable it is difficult to be able to find the words to write. How can anyone, and there are a whole raft of individuals, care so little about human life that they will not allow aid workers in. The worrying thing also, is the government could well see this as an opportunity to make money from aid and charity donations. This makes me so angry, that everyone who wants to help are in fact helpless.

I also noticed in the guardian article, the journalist is unamed for their own protection.

Just one reply eh? Nobody has any comment about Burma?

world needs more stronger,powerfull and aouthorized international organizations for creat a more common and livable world.İ'm afraid things will never change with organizations like UN and planty humanity shames will be on all over world as now in Burma..And things never will change unless we don't feel pains of others in deep of our hearts...

perhaps if we start with the fact that "people" are monkeys, it would make the whole conversation easier...

So that's how it works - if international organisations dare to criticise or, what's even worse, interfere, everybody's angry at them for not minding their own business. But if they don't interfere, they're the one to blame for all the bad things that go on...

Nevermind...I am in the twilight zone....I am glad I have company!

if only my English could be enough to understand intentions or aims,not easy to answer mocking lines with poor language really....

İt is such a tragydy
İ just dont understand why the government holding the rescue effort,and why doesnt allow the foreigner help ?!
Afraid if those countries will interfear in their affairs later or what ?
Sure it seems bigger than their capability to deal with such disaster,so they will let people die just like this?!

İ agree also with MrX67 if we have stronger UN countries would be more comfortable asking and receiving for its help

Never the less its outrages letting people die just like that
And for WHAT ?!!

At last Burma is accepting aid, with the USA and Britain now leading. Long boats are being brought in to get to those isolated on the coast. The UN are putting pressure on the military rulers and the charity Save the Children are gravely concerned for the millions of unourished children that will undoubtedly starve if aid does not reach them. Doctors from India have been "allowed" in too.

Despite this show of grace by the Burmese government, restrictions are still inforce, they are trying to play down the scale of the disaster.