NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon will visit Myanmar this week to discuss the delivery of international aid to the victims of the devastating cyclone, a spokesman said on Sunday.
'He will visit Myanmar this week,' spokesman Yves Sorokobi told Agence France-Presse, adding that Ban is due to leave New York on Tuesday and arrive in Myanmar on Wednesday or Thursday.
He said an official statement would be released later Sunday.
The United Nation's top disaster official, John Holmes, arrived in Myanmar on Sunday for talks with the junta about widening the much-criticized relief effort after Cyclone Nargis hit more than two weeks ago, a U.N. official said.
Holmes was due to visit the devastated Irrawaddy Delta and hold talks with senior officials of the regime to get them to speed up the effort for 2 million cyclone survivors in desperate need of immediate aid. tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomson.com afp/hjp COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2008. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News.
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