U.N. Official Cites Progress In Aid To Remote Cyclone-Hit Areas Of Myanmar

Yangon, Myanmar (AHN) - Relief and early recovery operations are progressing in cyclone-hit Myanmar, but more aid is needed to reach remote areas, a top United Nations official said on Tuesday.

"Significant progress has been made since I was last here [in May]. The remarkable resilience of people so severely affected by Cyclone Nargis is evident in the way communities are rebuilding their homes and livelihoods," said John Holmes, the U.N. coordinator for humanitarian affairs.

The U.N. official was in Myanmar to assess the situation of cyclone survivors in the East Asian country.

Accompanied by the deputy foreign minister of Myanmar, U Kyaw Thu, and representatives of U.N. agencies, Holmes made an extensive helicopter tour of several affected communities in the Ayeyarwady Delta to assess the level of agricultural recovery, according to a U.N statement.

Holmes, who is also the U.N. emergency relief coordinator, will meet the humanitarian community and donors in Yangon on Wednesday.

He is also set to travel to the administrative capital of Nay Pyi Taw for consultations with the government on Thursday, the U.N. said.