ASEAN to send emergency evaluation team to Myanmar

14/05/2008 -- 11:41 AM

Jakarta (VNA) - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is set to send an emergency rapid assessment team (ERAT) to cyclone-devastated Myanmar to assist the local government in overcoming the impact of the natural disaster. The team, which will comprise experts in coordination and liaison, water and sanitation, health, logistics and food, was formed by the ASEAN Secretariat in coordination with the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) and the Myanmar government, said the ASEAN Secretariat in a statement released on May 13. ERAT will be deployed in Yangon to complement the current rapid assessment efforts by the ASEAN Secretariat, the UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination team and the Myanmar government. The team will depart for Myanmar within 48 hours, said the statement. “Following ERAT's assessment, the teams from the ASEAN member states will be deployed to Myanmar to provide targeted assistance which supports the capacity of the Government of Myanmar to implement useful and effective aid distribution to the affected population,” ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan was cited as saying. The United Nations estimated more than 1.5 million Myanmar people are in dire need of relief aid.- Enditem
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