s lau, london, UK

Thk u I will do just that. There is an apparent lack of Asian media with Asian perspectives. Almost all are from d west.

Anyway it had been agreed that Asean relief teams took direct responsiblity on the handling of relief and aid to the victims.

Best wishes to Myanmar

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

It is really heartbroken to hear this kind of inhumane rulings.
Lack of food,water,shelter,etc;Dead bodies here and there----What a nightmare!
Wish all survivors in Burma walk out of the plight.

Janet, Zhejiang, China

Lim
if you want the Asian angle on the Burma story then read around; no one is stopping you. Then weigh it all up and see what the truth is. Are the Junta stonewalling or are they helping their people - then let us all know.

s lau, london, UK

SusanC, New York City, NY, USA

Susan, u r enlightening. thanks. I did not know Britain has such problems too. Don't these old folks have human rights? Just wondering why the Brits & West have so much interest in Myanmar so far away yet at home they have such problems.
Very very suspicious.

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

kat, Thailand,

Friend, thank u. I never joke when the issue is a serious one. I have seen one side of the coin, thus I would like to see the other side too. A balanced view is what we all should have.
By the way is "New Light of Myanmar" a western sponsored web page? I hv no access to Ch.papers

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

I look forward to hearing about a 'mercy mission' of Burmese nationals parachuting into Britain with the intent to feed the elderly folk who are slowly starving to death in so-called 'care homes'...

SusanC, New York City, NY, USA

Words now..."FAIL ME"...as "HUMANITY" hopelessly fails "BURMA". It's atrocious!

v.gerrard, Dublin, Ireland

Lim from Malaysia - unbiased coverage from Burma? Please you must be joking - have a look at the webpage for the New Light of Myanmar to see what high quality reporting comes from the junta. I am sure you could also look at the mainland chinese papers too. That should keep you well informed.

kat, Thailand,

The rest of the world criticized the USA vigorously and at length for invading Iraq which ws a hostile nation that was shooting at our ( and YOUR - British) planes, as well as supporting terrorists. Now we are supposed to invade Burma to please the UN? NO THANKS!

Tom, Chicago, USA

If his own party is falling to pieces, and does not respect him what do you think othe Burma Junta, thinks of Dear Old Gordon , we need a leader who will do something.!

pete gardner, Ho Chi Minh City ,, Vietnam.

I am sad news on Myanmar come only from the West. Even my news paper, the articles are from AFP or Reuters. The West also dominates the TV channels. For a balance view, I really want to see some news from the country direct or at least from non aligned independent Asian sources.

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

World opinion should turn against China, all they care about is there economic interests in Burma. On the back of there aggressive attitude to Tibet it's about time the world community uses it's muscle and boycott's chinese goods ! Remember that the government of Burma is an illegal one not elected

barrie, bangkok,

Some civilized country or coalition of countries should invade Burma and depose the bandits pretending to be the country's government.. The Burmese army's active interference in aid efforts is the last straw -just the latest of a long line of abuses of the people of Burma. Free Burma!

Tim Dunn, Arlington, USA

hey people,
Burma has tons of natural gas; invade us...seriously, we need help. Instead of having cruel government, it is better to be occupied.

Nyein , Rangoon, Burma

It seems to me that china needs to be the ones who move to get aide to the people. They are their closest ally and about the only ones they trust.The rest of the world could send their aide to help out but china needs to push the burmese government to let aide into their country.

Grant Donnelly, Hillwood Tas , Australia

many people in New Orleans was left on their on own after Katrina, many did not get any help at all, media showed what we now critisize china and burma of just showing, but i could not hear any complaints about how USA treated the survivers after Katrina.
People are servile and believing the lies.

Tim, Barnsley, UK

I've got the perfect idea: let's pretend that Burma has WMDs! Then we can invade, topple the regime, help all the starving people, and then leave. It won't matter if we ever find the WMDs or not. Who's with me?

jj, Columbus, US

Instead of arrogant Brown criticising, if he were to say "The World understands your reticence, we as colonials have form and deserve your mistrust however if you allow us to help, as the World Media is our witness we undertake to leave immediately you demand that we do so"

They just might listen

Anne Kent, Dorset,

Its more than a lack of will. we have problems on our own soil and trouble with emxico with the drug cartels running the country. I say take the troops from Korea and place them on the American border. Its time for American soldiers to defend Americans for once. The world has to fend for itself once

thomas, palmdale, USA

For once I agree with Brown. If only our military weren't so burdened with other matters, I would support action to remove this despicable regime. We have had regime change in Iraq, but not Burma or Zimbabwe? The rest of the world can't sit on our hands watching any longer.

Paul, West Midlands,

I think if the 'powers that be had an excuse to go into IRAQ for a regime change, this constitutes a valid reason fo them to go into Myanmar.
1.UN resolution-emergency meeting
2.Freeze all IMF funds to the Junta.
3.Seize their oil.
Job done.
America you have the reason and the incentive. Act!

Matt Jeary, London, UK

Says our beloved leader - the man who refuses to see the Dalai Lam because it may upset the Chinese !!!

Ian Payne, WALSALL,

Two expressions come immediately to mind - but in this liberal world neither will come to fruition, given the inherent weaknesses of the UN.

Those expressions are:

1) Intervention
2) Regime change.

Be it Iraq, Zimbabwe, or Burma - you either intervene. Or you don't.

Christopher, Newcastle,

I don't think Brown should be criticized for his statement. At least 1 leader in the international community is telling it like it is. Why has the UN been sitting on its hands? This disaster in Myanmar is exactly the type of situation that the UN was created to take quick action on.

Robert Greene, Florida, USA

I hear all the wringing of the hands by all those nations who are desperate to help the cyclone victims. In fact they are victims of the junta. They have been for 50 years. In all of this I don't hear any offers of help from the French oil company TOTAL or by the US company CHEVRON. In hiding?

Myo Chit, Toronto, Canada

Slagging off the Burmese military Junta will get the Burmese people nothing .
Brown may think it looks like he's doing something . All he's doing is looking very un-statesmanlike , again .
Perhaps a trip over there might help , with a bit of luck they might keep him.
That would be inhumane.

Nick Dixon, Sutton Coldfield, England

Criticise the junta? Fine, but talk is cheap. Wouldn't you wish for a world with less political correctness? The US Navy is off shore, ready to deliver the aid, with enough units to back it up. Just go, and do it! I am sure the they can. Anyone in Washington DC got the guts?

Neddy, Sydney, Australia

I agree with Julian...sorry all you cynical anti-GW ranters. I'm definitely not a fan of Bush (quite the contrary), but you can't realistically blame him for all of the evils of the world. Myanmar does have lots of oil and other resourses, so you'll have to find other sticks to beat George with.

Jim McLaughlin, Calgary, Canada

Gordon Brown is "talking" again as usual and no action. He "talked" about Zimbabwe and now look where that country is heading to. Now Burma, as we all know is in deep crisis, why no military action is being discussed to sort things out?? I suppose no oil in these countries so it dosen't count.

j butler, Wiesbaden, Germany

""Easy Burma does not have oil

jorson, modesto, usa""

Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Coal
Your insinuation falls flat on it's face.

Phill, The Wirral, England

The uk is also headed for a man made disaster, this time established by two men. Blair and Brown

marcus, horndon on the hill, uk

Western energy companies such as Elf currently make profits of as much as half a billion per annum according to the New Statesman 2 years ago. Obviously then, as long as western multinational companies make a profit from these countries, an oppressive regime needn't concern us. Disgraceful.

niki b, edinburgh,

Innocent people are always the victims of politics. It is not uncommon that the junta ignore people's lives, for the only thing they care about are right and their own interests.

chen, wu xi, China

Burma has lots of natural resources including gas and oil - so John of Akron look to your facts.

Over decades the regime has kept all the benefits from those resources. Almost no gas sourced in Burma goes to the Burmese people.

The generals are parasites and prison warders of all Burma.

Julian Pieniazek, Nakhin Ratchasima, Thailand

I thought it had huge gas reserves?

G Morrison, Auchinloch, Scotland

Brown is still a hopeless Prime Minister, but this is excellent news; forced air drops are needed and at least he has the courage to publicly criticise the monsters in charge of Burma.

So, Zimbabwe next?

John Ball, Norwich, UK

Burma's neighbours share responsibility for this catastrophe by refusing to put real pressure on the military government, they should support moves to put sanctions on the regime rather than being concerned about narrow trading agreements. A mulitlateral force should intervene to save the people.

Simon Hicks, Burgess Hill, West Sussex

Strange. I was thinking almost the same thing. Why shouldn't we (or some coalition of countries) depose the government in Burma by force? How is it different than Iraq? A "lack of oil in that country" indeed.

Shawn D, St. Louis, United States

Easy Burma does not have oil

jorson, modesto, usa

Ii's to bad Burma doesn't have a lot of oil. If they did president Bush would not hesitate to invade and rid them of their evil leaders. .

John, Akron, USA

America and the uk are so proud of ridding Iraq of saddam and his regime although the people were not starving. How can the nternational community stand by and allow dictators to prevent humanitarian aid reaching millions of starving people. Is it lack of oil in that country.

Eamonn Mc Dermott, Middlesrough, United Kingdom.