South-East Asia: Open letter to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers' special meeting on 19 May 2008
South-East Asia: Open letter to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers' special meeting on 19 May 2008
Index Number: ASA 03/002/2008Date Published: 16 May 2008
Categories: South-east Asia, Myanmar
In this open letter to ASEAN member states, Amnesty International warns that without immediate action by ASEAN leaders, the humanitarian disaster created by Cyclone Nargis and the deliberate obstruction to aid by the Myanmar authorities will result in further massive human rights violations, putting at risk the lives and health of hundreds of thousands of people.