No More Waiting For Permission
UK, US, and France Must Deliver Aid Now

Dear Friends, 

We are writing with an emergency appeal.  It is now clear that China and its allies at the United Nations will block the UN Security Council from authorizing aid to Burma over the objections of the military regime.  

Please send a message now to the UK, French, and US governments to send aid in now, even without approval of the Burmese junta.
 
The Burmese regime's denial of aid to its own people is a crime against humanity.  Yet, because of China's objections, the UN remains virtually powerless. The major opposition groups inside Burma released a statement on the 9th saying "To save thousands of lives before it's too late, we would like to urge the United Nations and foreign governments to intervene in Burma immediately to provide humanitarian and relief assistance directly to the people of Burma, without waiting for the permission of the military junta, with a decision made by the UN Security Council or individual country."

The world sat by, hiding behind diplomatic and legal protocols, when 800,000 were slaughtered in Rwanda.  Now, millions are at risk in Burma and the world is similarly paralyzed. There are estimates that 1.5 million Burmese are on the brink of a "massive public health catastrophe." The world knew what was happening in Rwanda and did nothing, and the world is aware of what could happen in Burma. This is a regime that has already destroyed 3200 ethnic minority villages, recruited more child soldiers than any other country, and now is blocking aid to millions of people.