In its recently-published paper, Burma News International (BNI) pointed out that the delivery of aid to the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) is not effective as ASEAN and UN agencies, which are managing international humanitarian aid, are cooperating with the military council.
The BNI’s Myanmar Peace Monitor (MPM) held a virtual launch of a research paper titled “A Riddle for International Donor Governments for Finding Solutions to Humanitarian Crisis” in the third week of July.
The paper is aimed at enabling the international community to review the ways of delivering humanitarian aid to Myanmar.
At the launch event, U Soe Myint, Chair of Media Development Committee of the BNI said: “Without obtaining any permission from the junta, we see difficult situations where no aid can be provided to individuals. I assume that UN agencies and international organizations should seek ways of solving this crisis.”
According to the Humanitarian Response Plan released by the UNOCHA for the year-end report for 2022, aid reached only to 4.361 million of 14.4 million people who are in need of humanitarian aid in Myanmar. Of them, more than 500,000 people are war refugees. The UN could spend only nine million US dollars for them.
“It is found that in 2022, each IDP receives aid which is equivalent to 17 US dollar per year. The major source of funds is contributed by the people inside the country and Myanmar experts,” Daw Tin Tin Nyo, Managing Director of BNI pointed out.
During two years, the National Unity Government (NUG) received a fund of 6.6 billion-MMK thanks to the people-to-people contribution. It is also found that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management could provide aid for around 300,000 people by classifying them into the groups—the IDPs, civil servants who joined Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), the family members of those killed and political prisoners and vulnerable family members, Daw Tin Tin Nyo continued.
During over two years of the coup, the total number of IDPs in Myanmar has exceeded 1.5 million. More than 6.6 million IDPs in Sagaing region need humanitarian aid the most, followed by Magway Region, the paper says.
In an attempt to ensure that aid effectively reaches the people, the paper called on the international community to hold talks with relevant organizations and to urgently implement an all-inclusive humanitarian forum, declare no-fly zone and public protection zone and provide cross-border aid.
The paper has suggested that the National Unity Government (NUG) should carry out the delivery of cross-border aid and find a solution in coordination with local ethnic resistance organizations and local civil society organizations.
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