Update on Burma / Cyclone Nargis / Burma:It Can't Wait Campaign:

US, French, British are sitting in Thailand waiting with Tsunami style response. We have 5 cargo planes, FULLY STOCKED WITH SUPPLIES, waiting in Thailand. 26 helicopters have gone to Burma. ALL have been rejected.

The UN insists on delivering any aid to Unicef/World Food Programs and NOT directly to the government. They are suspicious that the government is taking all supplies for themselves and not distributing. It is also unprecedented to hand supplies directly to military.

Italians dropped food and left.

many organizations have wired money into Burmese groups inside the country providing relief services.

The Regime has not helped with the cyclone, but has continued preparations for the Elections on May 10th. The people of Burma are looking for food and water...Don't know where voting for military referendum rates on their priorities.

The military has continued their attacks on Eastern Burma in the past week.

China's view on foreign aide in the past has been that to accept aide makes them weak. The Burmese military is following suit.

The US campaign for Burma is pressing the UN (and asking for public support for the following):

1. It has been ONE WEEK since Cyclone Nargis hit. Supplies MUST be allowed in. the military regime needs to accept foreign aid. The UN has tried to enforce that aid be allowed in, but China and Russia blocked this request.

2. may 27...the day they may release Aung San Suu Kyi. It is more important now than ever to support her release.

3. supporting UN Weapon Arms Embargo. More money should be going to humanitarian aide. Not to weapons.

Where the Burma:It Can't Wait campaign comes in:

- The cyclone is opening a window into the military regime's weaknesses. The Spots show the specific human rights abuses occuring and show us WHY 100,000 people have died and are still dying.

- We have 42,092 supporters, and counting...