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Myanmar: U.N. leader speech

Saturday, May 24th, 2008 @ 06:45 UTC

by Mong Palatino

Countries:: Myanmar (Burma)
Topics:: Disaster, Humanitarian
Languages:: English

Ashin Mettacara posts the speech delivered by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who visited Yangon, Myanmar this week. Excerpt of the speech: “I saw the saddest things: homes and villages destroyed, fields flooded, roads and bridges washed away, so many lives lost. We work hard in our lives, for ourselves and our families. And then, in a moment, it is gone. I am humbled—humbled by the scale of this natural disaster, the worst your country has ever experienced, and humbled by the courage and the resilience of the Myanmar people.”

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