PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGEUS President George W. Bush on Sunday renewed his call for Myanmar's military regime to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest.
Bush said he intended to raise concerns about Myanmar as he opened talks in Japan ahead of a summit of the Group of Eight major powers starting on Monday.
"I'm deeply concerned about that country," Bush told a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, the host of the summit.
"And we urge the regime to free Aung San Suu Kyi," Bush said.
The junta, defying international pressure, in May extended the house arrest of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spent most of the last 18 years confined to her home.
The military government also came under criticism for waiting weeks before accepting international relief workers after Cyclone Nargis, which left more than 138,000 dead or missing when it pounded ashore on May 2.
"Their response to the recent natural disaster was unwarranted, at best," Bush said.
The Group of Eight includes Britian, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States.
Bush said he intended to raise concerns about Myanmar as he opened talks in Japan ahead of a summit of the Group of Eight major powers starting on Monday.
"I'm deeply concerned about that country," Bush told a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, the host of the summit.
"And we urge the regime to free Aung San Suu Kyi," Bush said.
The junta, defying international pressure, in May extended the house arrest of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who has spent most of the last 18 years confined to her home.
The military government also came under criticism for waiting weeks before accepting international relief workers after Cyclone Nargis, which left more than 138,000 dead or missing when it pounded ashore on May 2.
"Their response to the recent natural disaster was unwarranted, at best," Bush said.
The Group of Eight includes Britian, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States.
Cyclone Nargis leaves at least 400 orphans in Myanmar
Two months after Cyclone Nargis smashed into Myanmar's central coast leaving at least 138,000 dead or missing, the number of children still searching for their parents exceeds 400, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday.
"The most serious issue in child protection in the aftermath of the cyclone is the problem of separated and unaccompanied children," said UNICEF, one of a host of UN agencies and non-governmental organizations that have participated in the Cyclone Nargis relief operation.
"There were 428 children separated from their parents by the cyclone, of whom 15 have been reunited with their families," said UNICEF's spokesperson Zafrin Chowdhury.
According to government figures Cyclone Nargis, which hit Myanmar on May 2-3, killed more than 84,000 people and left 54,000 missing, most of them washed away by a tidal wave that accompanied the storm.
UNICEF identified children left orphaned or separated from their parents as the most vulnerable victims of the natural disaster.
The UN agency, in collaboration with the social Welfare Ministry, has set up 51 child-friendly spaces in temporary settlements to help children find their parents and aims to establish 100 in the Yangon and Irrawaddy provinces, that weret hit by the storm.
Remarkably, to date there has been no major outbreak of dengue, cholera or typhoid in the cyclone-hit region, despite the tardiness of the international relief efforts that were initially delayed by the government's reluctance to allow aid and foreign experts in to the areas.
"The most serious issue in child protection in the aftermath of the cyclone is the problem of separated and unaccompanied children," said UNICEF, one of a host of UN agencies and non-governmental organizations that have participated in the Cyclone Nargis relief operation.
"There were 428 children separated from their parents by the cyclone, of whom 15 have been reunited with their families," said UNICEF's spokesperson Zafrin Chowdhury.
According to government figures Cyclone Nargis, which hit Myanmar on May 2-3, killed more than 84,000 people and left 54,000 missing, most of them washed away by a tidal wave that accompanied the storm.
UNICEF identified children left orphaned or separated from their parents as the most vulnerable victims of the natural disaster.
The UN agency, in collaboration with the social Welfare Ministry, has set up 51 child-friendly spaces in temporary settlements to help children find their parents and aims to establish 100 in the Yangon and Irrawaddy provinces, that weret hit by the storm.
Remarkably, to date there has been no major outbreak of dengue, cholera or typhoid in the cyclone-hit region, despite the tardiness of the international relief efforts that were initially delayed by the government's reluctance to allow aid and foreign experts in to the areas.
Myanmar PM promises better homes for cyclone victims. Do you believe?
Myanmar's premier promised better housing for cyclone victims in the devastated Irrawaddy Delta, where many people have received only a plastic sheet to use for shelter, state media said on Monday.
Cyclone Nargis left more than 138,000 people dead or missing when it struck Myanmar on May 2, washing away entire villages. Another 2.4 million people are in need of food, shelter, or other aid.
"Plans are under way... to accommodate (the homeless) at better houses than the previous ones they lived (in)," Prime Minister Thein Sein said in the official New Light of Myanmar newspaper.
He also said the military government was working to restore the livelihoods of those in the delta, one of Myanmar's most important farming regions.
"Officials concerned are to supervise cultivation tasks," Thein Sein said during a tour of the delta on Sunday, adding that seeds and tools would be distributed to help survivors replant their destroyed vegetable crops.
Myanmar's junta has come under fierce international condemnation for its slow response to the cyclone and for imposing restrictions on aid workers that have delayed the delivery of relief supplies.
Cyclone Nargis left more than 138,000 people dead or missing when it struck Myanmar on May 2, washing away entire villages. Another 2.4 million people are in need of food, shelter, or other aid.
"Plans are under way... to accommodate (the homeless) at better houses than the previous ones they lived (in)," Prime Minister Thein Sein said in the official New Light of Myanmar newspaper.
He also said the military government was working to restore the livelihoods of those in the delta, one of Myanmar's most important farming regions.
"Officials concerned are to supervise cultivation tasks," Thein Sein said during a tour of the delta on Sunday, adding that seeds and tools would be distributed to help survivors replant their destroyed vegetable crops.
Myanmar's junta has come under fierce international condemnation for its slow response to the cyclone and for imposing restrictions on aid workers that have delayed the delivery of relief supplies.
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