LETTER TO MR RUDD re Burma 's humanitarian crisis:
Fax completed petitions urgently to:
Burma Campaign Australia , c/- FAX 03 9650 8383
We the undersigned appreciate the steps taken by the Prime Minister and
Foreign Minister to gain access for humanitarian aid to be delivered to
those affected by Cyclone Nargis which devastated Southern Burma on May 3,
2008.
We urge our government to:
1. Take a leading role to ensure that the humanitarian needs of the people
of Burma are addressed urgently. We urge you to find ways that the world
does not allow the suffering of the people of Burma to go unmet.
2. Take a lead in the "UN Friends Group of Burma " to influence the United
Nations to exercise its responsibility to protect citizens from life
threatening situations through all means possible.
3. To increase efforts to work with the governments of India , China ,
Thailand and Indonesia to persuade the Burmese authorities to permit
relief
supplies and aid workers into their country.
4. To take a regional lead with ASEAN to develop a group of nations
willing
to work with the Burmese authorities to provide continuing access for
immediate relief and long-term recovery and reconstruction.
