Time for Humanitarian Intervention

15 May 2008

Myanmar military rulers do not hesitate to sacrifice its citizens over their iron-fist policy against US. Even the offer of US President, Bush, to help the people of Myanmar using US navy ships deployed near Thailand was left unanswered. It is out of question that generals in Myanmar are currently living in fear and dilemma. Their confusion and delay over the interest of victims from Cyclone hit areas might further lead to unnecessary death in Myanmar already happening humanitarian crisis. While Foreign aids workers are still waiting to get their visas to reach out to victims, the dying crowds in need of food, water, medicine and shelter are also desperately longing for the International aid. Sorry to the victims. The Junta is blocking their way.

In Myanmar newspaper, government mouthpiece media, it was clearly stated only foreign aids will be allowed and not the foreign aids workers. The helping nations might wonder how the Junta would honestly and effectively hang over the aids to their people. It is still a big question mark following the red tape and mismanagement by Myanmar government. It is the government that turned once a prosperous nation into one of the poorest countries in the world with many people living under poverty line. Again, they are now committing a biggest crime in history by not letting in the International aids workers to help the victims from cyclone-hit devastated areas.

Mostly affected region, Irrawaddy Delta, is the rice bowl of Myanmar and other countries consuming exported rice from Myanmar. Rice prices have been increasingly hike in the World. Myanmar, one of the rice exporting nations, is now facing a crisis in the region of growing rice. Myanmar crisis is no longer an internal problem used to be claimed by the allies of Myanmar. It is the humanitarian crisis where International aids were stopped to distribute to the needy timely.

Thousands of people were dead, millions are homeless and their lives are at stake in Myanmar. Yet, the Junta is giving their priority to their nationwide referendum to approve the constitution. It is not the time to repeat the history again as happened in Rwanda. UN must promptly carry out the “responsibility to protect” doctrine which is to protect the citizens of a country when the government of its own could not able to do so. I strongly support French Foreign Minister urging UN for force aid. UN must not wait for approval to assist the Myanmar disaster from the Junta who care more to hold on power than the lives of its own people.

Let me again urge UN to save Myanmar people from the hands of devil and inhumane government of Myanmar. As our democratic leader, Aung San Su Kyi, once said, “Please use your liberty to promote ours”. We, Myanmar people, are living in the dark. Humanitarian intervention is the only hope and ray of light for hungry souls if the Junta continues to block and delay the International aids. Every dying second counts for the victims in Myanmar. It is now the time for Humanitarian Intervention to Myanmar.

May God bless Myanmar. Those departed may rest in peace.

-Written by Nyi Nyi [thanlwin]

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