SINGAPORE - Southeast Asian nations, under fire for being too lenient with Myanmar's junta, held an emergency meeting Monday to make it accept more international help for cyclone survivors.
The foreign ministers of the 10 countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which includes Myanmar, gathered in a Singapore hotel, hoping to find a way to resolve the issue despite the recalcitrance of the reclusive generals.
e May 2-3 Cyclone Nargis, which devastated Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta and the area around Yangon, the country's former capital.

The Association of South East Asian Nations - is holding urgent talks to discuss ways of helping Burma`s cyclone victims, according to BBC.
Foreign ministers meeting in Singapore hope Burma`s military rulers - who have so far blocked most large-scale foreign aid offers - will accept Asean help.
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SOUTHEAST Asian foreign ministers opened an emergency meeting in Singapore today to find ways of escalating delivery of foreign aid to cyclone victims in Burma amid resistance from its military regime.
The ministers observed a minute's silence in remembrance of the victims of Asia's twin tragedies this month: the Burma cyclone and last week's killer earthquake in China.
i Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama told AFP that Burma wanted to hold the "pledging conference" as early as May 22 or 23.

Two weeks after Cyclone Nargis, which has so far claimed the lives of over 100000 persons, the world remains unable to deliver water, basic foods and

By Kavi Chongkittavorn When Asean secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan stopped over in Bangkok last week on his way to Washington, he said the humanitarian

SINGAPORE, May 19 (Xinhua) - Foreign ministers of Southeast Asian nations are meeting here Monday to discuss help for cyclone-hit Myanmar.
The meeting comes more than two weeks after a deadly tropical cyclone Nargis hit five divisions and states of Myanmar early this month and left more than 77,000 dead, 55,000 still missing and 19,000 injured.
d off its own disaster-response meeting.

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (IPS) - The United Nations, which has accelerated its pace of humanitarian assistance to cyclone-devastated Burma (Myanmar), is making little or no progress in dealing with the country's military leaders -- both at a political and personal level.
The military junta, presided over by Gen Than Shwe, has refused to pick up two phone calls from Ban Ki-moon, leaving the U.N. secretary-general out in the cold.
d regional allies such as India, Japan China, Thailand and Malaysia are cooperating with the military junta in providing assistance to hundreds and thousands of cyclone victims, the United Nations is also planning to hold a pledging conference to seek increased financial assistance.

Burma's junta has tightened access to areas hit by Cyclone Nargis, despite pleas to allow in foreign aid workers.
A UN official says the regime has erected more checkpoints to ensure foreigners cannot reach affected areas.
the Burma director for the UN's World Food Programme, said the generals were trying to ensure no foreigners were allowed into the affected areas by beefing up security on checkpoints.