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News conference at Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand 2. Mid of journalists 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Amanda Pitt, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs spokeswoman:\"The emergency...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eBangkok - May 16, 2008\u003cbr/\u003e1. News conference at Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand \u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of journalists \u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Amanda Pitt, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs spokeswoman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The emergency relief coordinator John Holmes will be going to Myanmar on Sunday.  We're not sure for how long, a few days, I think, at least. And I think that clearly what he is hoping to achieve is to try and work with as many partners as possible to consult with everybody on the ground and of course to cooperate with the government of Myanmar to try and just get the response that we need up-scaled to meet the needs of the people on the ground.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Cutaway of journalists\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Steve Marshall, United Nations Country Team, Myanmar: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The government was using six helicopters and we're able with those six helicopters to do four return flights per day, in terms of relief supplies.  And my understanding is that those helicopters were I think one ton capacity each.\"\u003cbr/\u003eYangon - May 9, 2008\u003cbr/\u003e6. Myanmar military helicopter on tarmac \u003cbr/\u003e7. Aid being stacked inside helicopter \u003cbr/\u003e8. Soldiers putting aid in helicopter \u003cbr/\u003eYangon - May 15, 2008 \u003cbr/\u003e9. Royal Thai Air Force plane on tarmac \u003cbr/\u003e10. Thai crew standing behind plane \u003cbr/\u003e11. Myanmar soldier guiding truck  \u003cbr/\u003eBangkok - May 16, 2008\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mureen Birmingham, United Nations World Health Organisation representative:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Tomorrow 30 medical staff from the Thai MLPH (Ministry of Public Health) will be going in with a C-130 with supplies and these include clinicians, public health specialists and mental health specialists. We do have in terms of the health situation, you've probably already heard, we do have some confirmed cholera.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Cutaway of camera man\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Diderick Deuleeschauwer, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation representative:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We think the damage caused this year by the cyclone is worse than what happened during the 2004 tsunami. Deforestation and other man-made impacts have limited natural shelter and as a result the impact of the cyclone has extended well inland. Rice fields are destroyed and food stores are lost.  Families have lost not only their food stores, but also their rice seeds for the upcoming planting season, together with their assets for farming, livestock and fisheries.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of news conference\u003cbr/\u003eThe United Nations said on Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of survivors' suffering two weeks after a killer cyclone left up to 2.5 (m) million people destitute.\u003cbr/\u003eOfficials of various UN agencies called a news conference in Bangkok to give an update on their relief operations.\u003cbr/\u003eAmanda Pitt, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs spokeswoman, told journalists that John Holmes, UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, will go to Myanmar on Sunday to try to convince junta leaders to grant more access for UN relief workers and massively scale up aid efforts.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that clearly what he is hoping to achieve is to try and work with as many partners as possible to consult with everybody on the ground and of course to cooperate with the government of Myanmar to try and just get the response that we need up-scaled to meet the needs of the people on the ground,\" she said.\u003cbr/\u003eMuch basic data is still missing, from the number of orphans created by the cyclone to the extent of diseases and the number of refugee camps.\u003cbr/\u003eIt is also unknown whether all survivors are in camps, on the move or still living in destroyed villages in the hardest-hit Irrawaddy delta, an area the size of Austria. \u003cbr/\u003eCyclone Nargis also pounded Yangon, Myanmar's main city.\u003cbr/\u003eThe government says at least 43,318 people were killed and nearly 28-thousand went missing when the May 2-3 cyclone turned the low-lying delta into a quagmire of shattered villages.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Red Cross fears the toll may be as high as 128-thousand; the UN estimates more than 100-thousand died.\u003cbr/\u003eIn its latest estimate, the UN World Food Program said on Thursday that it will have to rush in 390 tons of food every day to reach 750-thousand victims it is targeting over the next month.\u003cbr/\u003eBut less than 300 tons have been distributed since Cyclone Nargis struck.\u003cbr/\u003eHamstringing the international effort is the ruling junta's refusal to allow almost all foreign nationals into the delta area, insisting relief operations there can be handled by Myanmar nationals.\u003cbr/\u003eThe United Nations said the regime has issued 40 visas to its staffers and another 46 to non government agencies, but these personnel have been confined to the immediate Yangon area.\u003cbr/\u003eAnother big issue is the capacity to move supplies to areas cut off by continued flooding, made worse by fresh monsoon rains.\u003cbr/\u003eSteve Marshall, who has been leading the UN Team for Myanmar in Yangon said on Friday that he is aware of only six government helicopters that have been mobilised for aid distribution.\u003cbr/\u003eThey are able to carry 24 tons of material a day to affected areas.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The government was using six helicopters and we're able with those six helicopters to do four return flights per day, in terms of relief supplies.  And my understanding is that those helicopters were I think one ton capacity each,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile the World Food Program said it needs to get 390 tons of food into the country every day to serve 750-thousand victims it is targeting over the next month.\u003cbr/\u003eMureen Birmingham from the United Nations World Health Organisation said a Thai medical team will be going to the devastated area on Saturday with equipment and provisions.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Tomorrow 30 medical staff from the Thai MLPH (Ministry of Public Health) will be going in with a C-130 with supplies and these include clinicians, public health specialists and mental health specialists,\" she said while confirming the news about spreading cholera in the region.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We do have in terms of the health situation, you've probably already heard, we do have some confirmed cholera,\" she said.\u003cbr/\u003eThe UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said the disaster is worse than the 2004 tsunami.\u003cbr/\u003eDiderick Deuleeschauwer, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation representative said that the Irrawaddy delta's ability to feed itself both in the short and in the medium term is in question.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We think the damage caused this year by the cyclone is worse than what happened during the 2004 tsunami. Deforestation and other man-made impacts have limited natural shelter and as a result the impact of the cyclone has extended well inland. Rice fields are destroyed and food stores are lost,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Families have lost not only their food stores, but also their rice seeds for the upcoming planting season, together with their assets for farming, livestock and fisheries,\" he added.\u003cbr/\u003eTons of foreign aid - including water, blankets, mosquito nets, tarpaulins, medicines and tents - have been sent to Myanmar, but delivery has been slowed by bottlenecks, poor infrastructure and bureaucratic tangles.\u003cbr/\u003eNew York-based Human Rights Watch said countries delivering aid to Myanmar should insist on monitoring to ensure aid reaches the cyclone victims most in need and to prevent the military government from seizing it.\u003cbr/\u003eThe UN and the Red Cross say 1.6 (m) million to 2.5 (m) million people are in urgent need of food, water and shelter. 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