'Turning point' for aid to Burma
Updated on 18 May 2008
British minister Lord Malloch-Brown believes the aid operation to Burma in the wake of cyclone Nargis is finally "starting to move".
Speaking during a visit to Rangoon, Lord Malloch-Brown said although only about a quarter of the victims of cyclone Nargis had received the help they needed, a framework had been agreed for a UN and Asia-led operation that could break the deadlock.
Nearly 80,000 people have died in the cyclone - most of them in the Irrawaddy delta region. A British charity is warning that thousands of children are at risk of dying from starvation.
