AFP 19 May 2008
UNITED Nations chief Ban Ki-moon will visit Burma this week to discuss the delivery of international aid to the victims of the devastating cyclone, a spokesman said today.
"He will visit Burma this week,'' spokesman Yves Sorokobi said, adding that Ban was due to leave New York on Tuesday and arrive in Burma on Wednesday or Thursday.
The UN's top disaster official, John Holmes, arrived in Burma today for talks with the junta about widening the much-criticised relief effort after Cyclone Nargis hit more than two weeks ago, a UN official said.
Holmes was due to visit the devastated Irrawaddy Delta and hold talks with senior officials of the regime to get them to speed up the effort for two million cyclone survivors in desperate need of immediate aid.
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