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Tomas Ojea Quintana, pictured on 9 June 2008
New UN rights envoy visits Burma
The new UN human rights envoy for Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, is making his first visit to the military-ruled country.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Clickable map Cyclone map
Clickable map of Burma after Cyclone Nargis.
Displaced cyclone refugees sit on the road waiting for aid in Dedaye, Burma, on 21 May 2008 Burmese anger
Anger at delays in aid reaching survivors.
Burma's military Burma charter
A new constitution and the country's military rulers.

EYE WITNESS

Displaced children in Burma Burma young 'starving to death'
Thousands of children in Burma will die from hunger within weeks unless food reaches them soon, a UK charity warns.

Negotiating aid politics
Eyewitness: Barred from Burma
Who is helping on the ground
RELIEF EFFORT

A family stand in the ruins of their house in Kyauktan on 16 May 2008 Burmese dodge junta to give aid
People in Burma have had to find ways of bypassing the junta to deliver aid to victims of the cyclone in the southwest.

World is split on aid issue
Anger over junta's 'inadequacy'
Keeping a lid on Burma's chaos

VIDEO REPORTS
Burma monks Quiet determination in Burma
Monks protest against Burma's military government Life under the Burmese Junta
BACKGROUND
Pro-democracy protest Burma or Myanmar?
Why is Burma not known in the UK by its official name, Myanmar?
Country profile
Burma's generals
FEATURES
People cluster round a truck carrying aid in the Irrawaddy Delta on 13 May 2008 Aid slow to reach Burmese
Piecemeal aid effort is only slowly getting help to the survivors.
Was Burma's cyclone predicted?
Burma eases restrictions on aid

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
A large statue of Buddha sits in water at a temple heavily damaged in last week's cyclone on the outskirts of Rangoon In pictures
Images from Burma where some aid is beginning to arrive.
a FAMILY Burma disaster
A medic describes the devastation in Burma.
Burmese cyclone victim Burma and China
Contrasting the aid efforts of two countries.

KEY NEWS STORIES
Burma aid effort 'requires $1bn'
Burma hits out at cyclone reports
Comic arrested for Burma aid runs
'Window of opportunity' in Burma
Rice harvest under threat
Resilience in pain
Escaping Burma's Special Branch
Burmese still struggling after cyclone
Burmese blog the cyclone
Rangoon's hardship
In pictures: Burmese mourning
Cyclone victim in Burmese village Victims' tales seep through
The BBC's Roland Buerk glimpses the suffering among Burmese victims of Cyclone Nargis.


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