The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said today that “nearly all the rice fields in Myanmar’s Irrawaddy delta that were devastated by Cyclone Nargis in May have been replanted,” according to a Reuters report.
Reuters also reports that Burma’s junta-appointed foreign minister Nyan Win has asked the U.N. General Assembly to end their sanctions on the country, hypocritically calling them “unfair and unjust.” He insists that Burma could “help alleviate a food and energy crisis” if the sanctions are lifted.
WNYC interviews Nobel Peace laureates Jody Williams and Wangari Maathai, along with actress/activist Mia Farrow, about their report on Darfur and Burma. See below.
