ORIENT: [Cap.all] Forum: Impact of Cyclone Nargis in Burma/Myanmar

[Karen Hill]

The Department of Political and Social Change presents

 

BURMA/MYANMAR: THE IMPACT OF CYCLONE NARGIS

 

11:30-1:00 pm, Friday 16 May

 

Coombs Extension Seminar Room 1.04

Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies,

The Australian National University

 

The 2-3 May cyclone that struck Burma/Myanmar has been described as causing
death and ruin on a scale exceeding that of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
However, the military government has so far greatly restricted access to
international humanitarian relief, including that offered under United
Nations auspices, raising fears that a second wave of death could follow
through water borne diseases and further bad weather in coming weeks.
Compounding these problems, the government has persisted with holding a
referendum on a new constitution, and regime representatives are reported to
be appropriating some of the aid that has been delivered. Behind all these
issues loom concerns over the possible effects of the cyclone on the large
agricultural and fishing sectors operating from the affected regions and
thus on the entire country's economy and people.  

 

The Department of Political and Social Change has invited a number of
concerned persons to share their views on the current situation and examine
what more can be done to respond to Cyclone Nargis and its aftermath. 

 

Please be informed that this event is not open to the media. 

 

Speakers:

 

Monique Skidmore, Associate Dean Postgraduate, College of Arts and Social
Sciences, ANU

 

Trevor Wilson, Visiting Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change,
ANU, former Australian Ambassador to Myanmar (2000-2003)

 

Sarah Gowty, CARE Australia

 

James Holgate, former Manager Direct Assistance Program, Australian Embassy,
Yangon (2003-05)

 

Nicholas Cheesman, PhD Candidate, Department of Political and Social Change,
ANU

 

Chair: Greg Fealy, Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, ANU

 

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Lyn Ning 
Department of Political and Social Change 
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies 
Australian National University 
Tel: 0061-2-6125  4790 
Fax: 0061-2-6125 5523 
Email: lyn.ning at anu.edu.au 

 

 

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