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| Burma impounds UN aid deliveries | Burma impounds UN aid deliveries |
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| The World Food Programme has halted aid shipments to Burma after the contents of its first delivery were impounded on arrival in the military-ruled country. | The World Food Programme has halted aid shipments to Burma after the contents of its first delivery were impounded on arrival in the military-ruled country. |
| The UN body says the Burmese government seized tonnes of aid material flown in to help victims of Cyclone Nargis, which has killed tens of thousands. | |
| The WFP said it had no choice but to halt aid until the matter was resolved. | The WFP said it had no choice but to halt aid until the matter was resolved. |
| Burma's ruling generals have faced mounting criticism over their handling of the crisis. | Burma's ruling generals have faced mounting criticism over their handling of the crisis. |
| The UN fears more than 1.5 million people have been affected by the cyclone, with tens of thousands made homeless and vulnerable to disease. | The UN fears more than 1.5 million people have been affected by the cyclone, with tens of thousands made homeless and vulnerable to disease. |
| It is sitting in a warehouse it is not in trucks heading to Irrawaddy Delta where it is critically needed Paul Risley World Food Programme | |
| Burmese state media say 22,980 people were killed, but there are fears the figure could rise. | |
| Britain's Ambassador to Burma, Mark Canning, said authoritative sources were now speaking of between 63,000 and 100,000 people dead or missing. | |
| Hundreds of thousands of people have no food, water or shelter. International aid agencies on the ground say they have reached only 10% of those that need help. | Hundreds of thousands of people have no food, water or shelter. International aid agencies on the ground say they have reached only 10% of those that need help. |
| Despite this, Burma's foreign ministry issued a statement on Friday saying it was not ready to allow foreign aid workers to enter the country. | Despite this, Burma's foreign ministry issued a statement on Friday saying it was not ready to allow foreign aid workers to enter the country. |
| The junta said it was happy to accept aid, but insisted it would control the distribution itself. | The junta said it was happy to accept aid, but insisted it would control the distribution itself. |
| 'Murdering own people' | |
| WFP spokesman Paul Risley said the agency had appealed directly to the minister responsible for the aid - which includes 38 tonnes of high-energy biscuits - to release it for distribution. AID PLEDGES UK $10mUN $10mJapan $10mUS $3mFrance $3mAustralia $2.8m In pictures: Cyclone survivorsRangoon's hardship | |
| "Three flights were scheduled for Saturday but now we have no choice but to suspend food aid until the food in warehouse is released for WFP to distribute it," he told the BBC. | |
| "It is sitting in a warehouse, it is not in trucks heading to Irrawaddy Delta where it is critically needed." | |
| The BBC's Jonathan Head in neighbouring Thailand says that given how little aid is getting into Burma, this was a disappointing setback. | |
| One aid official told him the Burmese government was "murdering their own people by letting them die". |