Post-Nargis and Regional Partnerships Conference Stocktaking, Critical Needs and Lessons Learned 25 November 2009, Bangkok page 2 Annexes (pages24-78) Closing Remarks Summary ofStatements(pages19-22) Stock Taking andCriticalNeeds(pages11-17) Overview andWay Forward: Opening Remarks(pages5-9) Executive Summary(page3) CONTENTS H.E. Dr. SurinPitsuwan,Secretary-Generalof ASEAN Group - DeltaSocialandPhysicalProtectionRecoveryWorking - InternationalRedCrossandCrescentMovement - EuropeanCommission - DeltaLivelihoodsRecoveryWorking Group - Sweden Netherlands - The - DeltaBasicServicesRecoveryWorking Group - Italy - Indonesia - Denmark - Australia behalf oftheINGOcommunity Dr. PaulSender, CountryDirectorofMerlinMyanmar, on Secretary GeneralforPostNargisRecoveryinMyanmar Dr. WilliamSabandar, SpecialEnvoyofthe ASEAN Humanitarian CoordinatorinMyanmar Mr. BishowParajuli,UNResidentCoordinator/ Group, Myanmar and Training BoardandChairmanofthe Tripartite Core H.E. UKyaw Thu, ChairmanoftheCivilServiceSelection United NationsandtheExecutiveSecretaryofESCAP H.E. Dr. NoeleenHeyzer, UnderSecretaryGeneralofthe H.E. Dr. SurinPitsuwan,Secretary-Generalof ASEAN of Thailand Kingdom H.E. Mr. ChavaratCharnvirakul,MinisterofInterior, Royal and Tripartite CoreGroup(TCG)Chairman. This Service Selectionand Training BoardofMyanmar and H.E.UKyaw Thu, theChairmanofCivil Dr.Thailand; SurinPitsuwan,Dr.Heyzer Noeleen Charnvirakul, MinisterofInteriortheKingdom thekey underlines the report by H.E.Mr.delivered messages Chavarat of part first The organizations. The listofdelegatesisin ANNEX 1. UN Agencies andnational and non-governmental missions, Member States,headsofdiplomatic participants includingrepresentativesof ASEAN The Conferencewasattendedbymorethan160 Commission for Asia andthePacific(ESCAP). Executive SecretaryoftheEconomicandSocial Secretary GeneraloftheUnitedNationsand Task ForceandDr. NoeleenHeyzer, Under ASEAN and asChairofthe ASEAN Humanitarian as theHumanitarianCoordinatorfor capacity General of ASEAN, Dr. SurinPitsuwan,in his The Conferencewasco-chairedbySecretary- the UnitedStates,amongstothers. Switzerland, Thailand, theUnitedKingdom,and the EuropeanCommission,Singapore,Sweden, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, theNetherlands, came from Australia, Denmark,Germany, Indonesia, over 85%oftheUS$103millionappeal.Pledges total ofUS$88million, an approximate mobilised for post-Nargisrecoveryand the donorcommunity The conferencegainedcontinuedsupportfrom experiences. and tosharethelessonlearnedofPost-Nargis to stock-takeof18monthsPost-Nargisassistance; continuing reconstructionincyclone-affected areas; needs forthe to raisefundsaddressthecritical aimed Conference Bangkok, Thailand.The in 2009 Conference washeldby ASEAN on 25November The Post-NargisandRegionalPartnership Executive Summary (WASH), Educationand Health. Shelter,Livelihoods, Water, SanitationandHygiene sectors: priority five for allocated be to announced operations andpledges. The pledgeswere ASEAN inthepost-Nargisrecovery has toplay role forthecritical appreciation donors, including from statements details report the of part final The international assistanceuntilJuly2010. of and goodgovernanceintheimplementation to thecoordinationroleensuretransparency that the etc.). Itreiterates partners, TCG willcontinue or throughimplementing ministries through line Security andLivelihoodMulti-donor Trust Fund, Prioritized Action Plan(e.g.throughtheFood Plans (PONREPP) and Preparedness Recovery to supportthePostNargis can select which donors from of variousfundingmechanisms availability and the community indeliveringassistance role ofhumanitarian the instrumental emphasizes part ofthereport. the second also section This for Nargis-affected populationareunderscoredin on theroadtorecovery Nargis andthechallenges sincetheaftermathofCyclone Key achievements affected byCycloneNargis. and provideessentialrecoveryfor the people worst to meet critical, outstandinghumanitarianneeds community to the PONREPP Prioritized Action Plan from ASEAN MemberStatesandtheinternational support andfundingcommitments for continued an appealfromDr.It alsohighlights SurinPitsuwan manner. areas inatimely, effective, andaccountable Nargis affectedthe Cyclone to reach community it possibleforassistancefromtheinternational Myanmar, andtheUnitedNations--whichhasmade between ASEAN, theGovernmentofUnion section acknowledgesthehistoricalpartnership

page 3 page 4 stakeholder partnerships... integration and multi- cooperation, broader closer the benefitsof demonstration of seen asasuccessful which maybe Nargis Cyclone of aftermath tothe response collective the exemplified through by theyear 2015, ASEAN Community caring andsharing a tocreating journey ASEAN’s continued to present Thailand hascontributedmore than 27.3 sent which country donation, medicalteamandreliefsuppliesup first the was Myanmar, of and afriend neighbour as animmediate Thailand Cyclone Nargis. of to pledgetheirsupportvictims community conference wasanopportunityforinternational draws toanendinJuly2010,this mechanism as themandateof ASEAN-led coordination that of Interiorinhisremarksalsostressed Minister The Myanmar affectedbyCycloneNargis. rehabilitation processforthepeopleof framework forrelief,reconstructionand to theTCGinlayingdownacomprehensive Pitsuwan, theUnited Nations andespecially Humanitarian Task ForceledbyH.E.Dr. Surin Thailand, Minister ofInterior oftheKingdom of 1. H.E. Mr. ChavaratCharnvirakul, appreciated theeffortsof ASEAN Opening Remarks 2. His remarkisin partnerships. stakeholder ANNEX closer cooperation,broaderintegrationandmulti- of benefits the of demonstration successful a as aftermath ofCycloneNargiswhichmaybeseen the to response collective the through exemplified and sharing ASEAN Community bytheyear2015, ASEAN’s continuedjourneytocreatingacaring on he commended the role.Inclosing, assume December whentheGovernmentofVietnam will of chairmanship ASEAN will endatthe The Minister underscoredthat Thailand’s the PONREPP Prioritized Action Plan. to shelter sectorswhicharecomplimentary cyclone several Hementioned projects activitiesrelatedtohealth,agricultureand TCG. the by identified active supporttothePONREPP frameworkas operation underthe the continued TCG. Heassured to thePost-Nargisreliefandrecovery dollars million

page 5 page 6 more workremainstobedone. after theNargisbutalsostressedthatalotof underlined theprogressforpast18months In hisremarks,the ASEAN Secretary General assistance tothesurvivorsofCycloneNargis. aid agenciesto participate inprovidingdirect andinternational for governments and platform The TCG mechanismprovidedtheopportunity held on25May2008in Yangon. Conference Pledging ASEAN-UN International the 1st AHTF Meeting (TCG) wassetupfollowingthedecisionof to-day operation,theTripartite CoreGroup for thepurposeofday- and Cyclone Nargis, Humanitarian Task ForcefortheVictims of the ASEAN mechanism, an ASEAN-led ASEAN Foreign Ministersagreedtoestablish Ministers on19May2008inSingapore, Meeting ofthe the Special ASEAN Foreign ASEAN on how to respondthedisaster. Charter and itwas a and challenge test for after ASEAN members signedoff the ASEAN Nargis struckMyanmarlessthanthreemonths behalf of ASEAN. He reminded thatCyclone on the delegates Surin Pitsuwan,welcomed 2. ASEAN Secretary-General, H.E.Dr. and withsupportfromthe At the participants.Hisremarksarein ANNEX 3. all with constructive andmeaningfulexchange looking forwardtoa on theirfeetwhile get back increase assistanceto those stillstruggling to emphasized onthemoraldutytotakeactionand over the for taking ASEAN chair.Dr. Inclosing, Surin extended greetingstothe Ambassador ofVietnam and Singaporefortheirworkinthe TCG. Healso special appreciationto Ambassador Thailand Chairman forhisleadershipandheexpressed to H.E.UKyaw Thu forhisroleasthe TCG thanks andrecognition his special He alsoextended affected byCycloneNargis. worst for thepeople essential recovery provide critical, outstandinghumanitarianneedsand to thePONREPP Prioritized Action Plantomeet Member States and theinternationalcommunity and fundingcommitmentsof20% from ASEAN 2011. Further, H.E.Dr.for support Surinappealed PONREPP overthethree-yearperiodof2009to the in million 691 US$ as identified needs funding recovery overall the of part as identified was Plan of thePrioritized and theUS$103million Action The currentmandateof 2010 TCG periodendsJuly “ OPENING REMARKS work remains tobedone... remains work more lotof that a also stressed but months aftertheNargis forthepast18 the progress Generalunderlined Secretary remarks, theASEAN Inhis Cyclone Nargis. of assistance tothesurvivors direct inproviding participate aidagenciesto international and forgovernments platform and theopportunity provided The TCGmechanism “ internationally,and andhasbeendueto thetireless and the Tripartite CoreGroup,hasbeen recognized of the comprised ASEAN Humanitarian TaskForce Fourth, thesuccessof ASEAN-led mechanism, build uponthisexperience. to notethat ASEAN has notlosttheopportunityto the world,andDr.was pleased Noeleen Heyzer in region disaster-prone most the is Asia-Pacific region’s the to respondnaturaldisastersinthefuture. capacity benefit will efforts recovery Nargis Thirdly, thekeylessonslearnedfromPost- humanitarian needsthatmustbeurgentlymet. many othersremainhighlyvulnerable,withcritical on theroadtorecovery,embarked successfully while manyNargis-affected communities have effective, andaccountablemanner. Secondly, of CycloneNargisinatimely, the victims reach assistance from the international communityto for has madeitpossible United Nations--which of of Myanmar,ASEAN, theGovernment and the Force, and the Tripartite Core Group, consisting TaskHumanitarian mechanism--the ASEAN of an establishment the ASEAN-led coordination gave birth to a partnership of historical significance, everrecordedgloballybutitalso strongest cyclone history,natural disaster in Myanmar’s and theeighth Myanmar. important milestones sinceCycloneNargis struck Executive Secretary of ESCAP mentioned Secretary GeneraloftheUnitedNationsand 3. H.E. Dr. NoeleenHeyzer, Under , Cyclone Nargis wastheworst Firstly, Cyclone Her remarksare in ANNEX 4. leadership inconveningthis importantconference. she thankedandcommended ASEAN for its Inclosing, the restofregionisto be realized. integrationwith greatersocio-economic Myanmar’s to theSecretaryGeneralBan Ki-moon’s visionfor long-termprosperity andshereferred Myanmar’s that canbebuiltupontopavethewayfor a legacy could leave of Myanmar Government community, workingwith ASEAN and the work inPost-Nargisrecovery, theinternational H.E. Dr.that thejoint Heyzerfurther underlined assistance inotherareas. will helplaythegroundworkforfuturedevelopment and to cooperatewiththeinternationalcommunity Myanmar tocontinuedemonstrateitswillingness of the importantopportunityforGovernment -including the timely issuingof visas. She stressed access forinternationalhumanitarianworkers full andunimpededhumanitarian facilitating continue to the GovernmentofMyanmar also encouraged She throughout theUNsystem. as wellglobally with otherMemberStates are shared experience learnedfromthePost-Nargis that thelessons UN’s ASEAN, willworktoensure and theUNfamily the re-affirmed Heyzer commitment to supporting andworkingwith Dr. H.E. Fifth, humanitarian communityinMyanmar. of Myanmar, theUNCountry Team andtheentire of ongoing commitment ASEAN, theGovernment “ OPENING REMARKS in Myanmar. humanitariancommunity entire Team and the UN Country Myanmar, the of Government ASEAN, the commitment of andongoing due tothetireless internationally, andhasbeen hasbeenrecognized Group, Force andtheTripartite Core ASEAN HumanitarianTask the led mechanism,comprisedof theASEAN- The successof “

page 7 page 8 recovery efforts; reflect on the scale of outstanding take stockoftheprogress made inbothreliefand to: importance the underlined Thu Kyaw U H.E. part oftheirrecoveryefforts. post CycloneNargisdisasterandstandreadytobe in managing and lessonslearnedfromexperiences in theregion,wishedtoshareexperiences countries Myanmar, apartfrom support giventotheaffected stressed thattheGovernmentofUnion and supportforthoseaffectedHe further countries. devote seriousattention community tocontinuously the endofSeptember.the international Heurged struck theWest-Sumatra provinceofIndonesiaat that earthquake of adestructive to thevictims late September. condolence And healsoexpressed Philippines, Vietnam, CambodiaandLaosPDR in neighbouring ASEAN countries includingthe several hit that recently of typhoons to thevictims sympathy on behalf of the MyanmarGovernment ASEAN Region,H.E.UKyaw deepest Thu extended In lightoftherecentmultipledisastersaffecting the for theircontributiontotheprogressmadedate. affected ofthose the lives Nargis and by Cyclone and improve the hardship to alleviate commitment for theiruntiring community entire humanitarian community, ASEAN, the UN Agencies andthe expressed hissincereappreciationto the donor of MyanmarandTCGChairman Civil ServiceSelectionandTraining Board 4. H.E. UKyawThu,theChairmanof in hisremark the AyeyarwadyDivision. acres oftreeswereplanted aswindbreakersin plantations, over 2,600 coconut trees and5,300 the re-cultivationof1900 acresofmangrove designed bytheDepartments of Irrigation, height andlength with suitable of 17Hillocks shelters of 500 and300capacity, construction multi-purpose Cyclone construction of20 Network Development,buildingof129bridges, new roadsfor Ayeyarwady DivisionRoad such asmegaprojectsinconstructionof10 resources, and funds relying ontheirown and public awareness activitieswhichwere Union ofMyanmarinmanydisasterpreventions effortsHe explained oftheGovernment a detrimentaleffect onrecoveryefforts. funds hashadaseriousimpactonoperationsand money hasnotbeenfullyreleased. The lackof 120 millionhasbeententativelypledgedandthis over aperiodofthreeyearsandtodate,onlyUS$ funding. PONREPP willrequireUS$691million operational environment,includinglimiteddonor is ongoing amidstan increasingly challenging recovery efforts withinthePONREPP framework of on 9February2009,butimplementation launch formed, andnearlytenmonthssincethePONREPP the since that ithasbeen18months TCG was meet theseneeds.He reminded theparticipants andrequiredto and, reviewresourcesavailable needs inaffectedhumanitarian critical communities; “ OPENING REMARKS needs. tomeetthese and required available resources review communities; and, affected humanitarian needsin outstandingcritical of onthescale reflect efforts; andrecovery both relief madein theprogress of to:takeimportance stock ...underlined the “ U Kyaw Thu reportedseveralkeyachievements the priorityneedsbetweennow andJuly2010.H.E. of 2009to2011. Hestressed thatUS$ 103 millionis 691 US$ million inthePONREPP overthethree-yearperiod as identified needs funding recovery The Prioritized Action Planispartoftheoverall education andhealthtoendofJuly2010. Water-Sanitationlivelihoods, andHygiene(WASH), which canbedeliveredinthesectorsofshelter, the Delta, and setsouta realistic planfor assistance those critical,outstandinghumanitarianneedsin precisely highlights to US$103million amounting that thePrioritized He furtherexplained Action Plan support tothecyclone-affecteddelivering people. ASEAN partnersthatare and otherhumanitarian the UN andlocalNGOs, Agencies, international H.E. U Kyaw Thu extendedhispersonalthanksto of need”. extendedtousduringourhour help andassistance at largeforthegenerous international community and the organizations, to theindividuals, grateful people oftheaffected areaswillalwaysremain the and Government Myanmar “the York: New in during theUNGeneral held recently Assembly which wasdelivered statement Prime Minister’s be speedierandmoreeffective. Healsoquoted would process recovery the pledges, their fulfilled and donors he saidifmorefundsareforthcoming However, giventhelargescaleofrecoveryneeds, “ sitneetne ou uigorhu fneed... assistance extendedtousduringourhourof and help forthegenerous community atlarge individuals, organizations, andtheinternational gratefultothe willalways remain areas affected the andthepeopleof the Myanmar Government His remarksarein ANNEX 5. and kindassistance. for theircontinuedgenerosity contributed towardsNargis reliefandrecovery, and who have of allcountriesandorganizations heartfelt thankstothegovernmentsandpeoples on behalfoftheaffectedexpressing people,their the PONREPP.by remarks his He concluded of implementation asuccessful and achieving back better’ of Nargis,by‘building did because never againsuffercommunities asmuchthey renew jointcommitmenttoensurethattheaffected H.E. UKyaw to Thu calledontheparticipants guiding frameworkarticulatedinthePONREPP. enters themediumtolong-termstagebasedon efforta coordinated and sustaining asrecovery humanitarian coordinationatthetownshiplevel healthy livesand protected lives,strengthening and long-termrecoverytopromoteproductivelives, PONREPPa frameworkformedium whichprovides the Reviews andSocialImpactsMonitoring, Periodic the through communities affected benefit assistance strategiesandprogrammechangeto (PONJA), monitoringtoinformhumanitarian through thePost-NargisJoint damage Assessment of needs,lossand assessment comprehensive 4,000 visasduringtheemergencyreliefperiod, for humanitarianworkersthroughgrantingofnearly of unimpededaccess i.e. facilitation establishment, which havebeenperformedbythe its TCG since “ page 9 page 10 be continued... to theGovernment from forthesupport important thatitis And hestressed beenpossible.not have aidwould international of delivery large-scale without which such efforts, to post-Nargis access hasbeengranted unimpeded humanitarian Full and response. post-Nargis effective smooth, efficientand inensuring instrumental TCG hasbeen alternative effective mechanismofcooperation and in July, it would be extremely importantto have an year.mid-next well beyond the Should TCG end community would needtocontinue international and the between the Government cooperation 2010, giventherecoveryneedsinDelta, July support. Whilethecurrent TCG mandateisuntil in deliveryofneededhumanitarianandrecovery the TCG frameworkwouldneedtocontinuefurther, under and coordination cooperation The successful the internationalcommunity. trust and confidence between the Government and for buildingstrategicpartnershipbasedon critical The support provided bythe TCG has alsobeen tobecontinued. the supportfromGovernment possible. And hestressedthatitisimportantfor aid wouldnothavebeen of international delivery Nargis efforts, withoutwhichsuchlarge-scale has beengrantedtopost- access humanitarian and efficient effective post-Nargisresponse. Full and unimpeded smooth, ensuring in instrumental and RoleofTCG,hesaidthatthe TCG hasbeen a. overarching issues,asperfollowing: over thepast18monthsfrombroader challenges and several keyachievements highlighted Coordinator inMyanmar, Mr. BishowParajuli , 5. On Post-NargisHumanitarianEfforts The UNResident/Humanitarian Stock Taking and iaca spot eevd rm theinternational from received support financial cyclone-affected people.Sofar,of thehigh-level effortsto the inprovidinghumanitarianassistance community complemented the Government past 18months,theinternational humanitarian b. humanitarian actorsontheground. ASEAN’s continuedcooperationwiththeUN and Helookedforwardto partnership. this innovative towards and support personal commitment for his the ASEAN Secretary-General, Dr. SurinPitsuwan, been invaluable.He extended specialthanksto between cooperation ASEAN and theUNhas Vietnamese Chu CongPhung. Ambassador The great partnershipwiththenewChairof ASEAN, the pastyear.forward toanequally Helooked Yangon, forhisactiveroleandtirelessefforts over Bansarn BunnagoftheRoyal Thai Embassyin of ASEAN, and hethankedH.E. Ambassador made by contribution Thailand asthecurrentChair Mr.the important BishowParajuliacknowledged in theSoutheast Asia region. within Myanmarandinotherpost-disastercountries Furthermore, TCG isamodelthatcanbereplicated strengthen thecooperationbeyondDelta. and of thepost-Nargishumanitarianpartnership He also spokeonthe need to build onthesuccess effortsof humanitarian coordination intheDelta. OVERVIEW AND WAY FORWARD Critical Needs On the Aid DeliveryandResourcing,in

page 11 page 12 challenge now isthelimitedleveloffunding. operational agree that the biggest unanimously Indeed, UN NGOs and international Agencies needs arenotbeingmet. means thatthecritical down of resources, unfortunately slow trickling with of funding,combined low level disappointingly been committedagainstthe PONREPP. The donors. To date, estimated US$ 120 millionhas this year,supported by was highly theinitiative When thePONREPP waslaunchedon9 million. of US$691 requirement cost with anestimated of the jointly undertheauspices developed TCG, and PreparednessPlan(PONREPP) (2009-2011), outlined inthethree-yearPost-NargisRecovery needs ofthecyclone-affectedare communities and theinternationalcommunity. The recovery despite continuedefforts fromtheGovernment international communityforrecoveryefforts remains support fromthe the needforcontinued people, affectingthe vastdevastationseverely 2.4million d. received agricultureandlivelihoodsupport. were constructed;and,200,000households latrines 3,500 pondshavebeencleaned;50,000 destroyed houseswerere-built; 25,000 totally 930,000 patients received healthconsultations; education support;1,400schoolswere repaired; from benefited children 504,000 support; nutrition were providedwith food aid;27,800children received people million 1.1 date: to example, For sufferinga secondwaveofdeaths. and preventing a greatdealinalleviating allowed ustoachieve to post-Nargisreliefandearlyrecoveryefforts contribution fromtheinternationalcommunity c. coordinated manner. Rakhine Stateandothervulnerableareasinajoint, scale-up assistanceinMyanmarto the Northern actors in-countryontheneedto humanitarian There isalsoageneralconsensusamongstthe manner.and accountable ground inatransparent on the people to the support of humanitarian community todeliverlargevolume international and earlierhaveproventhatitispossibleforthe effortsThe successful overthepast18months over theperiodofMay2008toendJune2009. was received Appeal, over69%orUS$330million for humanitarian assistancethroughthe Revised requested million 477 US$ total the of community: Recovery NeedsintheDelta: generous Key Achievements:The th February Given His presentationisin ANNEX 6. in other that canbereplicated ASEAN countries. mechanism and coordination ASEAN cooperation Recovery Hub Office structure is an example of UN- Indeed, theRecoveryCoordination Centreand affected communities. the coordinationofrecoveryefforts inthecyclone- at Yangon- support and manage to and field-levels is inplaceboth ASEAN mechanism coordination need tocontinuemoveforward. A jointUN- made overthepast18months,andthereisa date. have been achievements As heoutlined, for supporttopost-Nargiseffortsappreciation to Nargis RecoveryinMyanmar, hereiteratedhis Envoy ofthe ASEAN Secretary-General forpost- Special Sabandar, Dr. to floor the gave he Before overlook. needs aremuchgreater, andthiswemustnot yesterday andJuly2010. The overallrecovery 103 millionisonlytheprioritizedneedsbetween Mr.ASEAN countries. that US$ Bishowstressed ASEAN to mobilize20%of the needsfromwithin to notetheeffortsAction Plan,itisapleasure of support fortheneedsoutlinedinPrioritized mechanisms, suchasLIFT. While appealingfor it isunfortunatelynotpartoftheexistingfunding be prioritized. need thatmust humanitarian Yet, recovery efforts dependupon.Shelterisabasic dignified and shelter isaplatformforrecovery, whichvarious safe Secure, assistance. shelter 178,000 householdsrequireurgent suggests Now, 18monthson,aestimate conservative withheld twomonsoonseasons. immediate aftermathof Cyclone Nargis have in the that weredistributedwithdonorsupport Suchtemporary,assistance. emergencyshelters or 20%, received minimalemergencyshelter and destructed, an estimated152,000households, 752,000 householdswhosehouseswere damaged of particularlygraveconcern.Oftheestimated needs are the shelter appealed, As repeatedly be stressed. to creditintheDeltamustalso access of thePrioritized of Action Plan,theimportance WASH; livelihoods; shelter; and, healthsectors.Whilenotpart education; covers: Plan The needs intheDeltabetweennowandJuly2010. outstanding humanitarian highlights critical, jointly preparedbythehumanitarianagencies, e. PONREPP Prioritized Action Plan,

Nargis response hasbeenunder-funded. Since appreciated.Itis, however,is highly noteworthythat years. community The supportfromtheinternational four at least takes usually that therecoveryprocess such astheIndianOcean Tsunami of2004,indicate is farfromover.from majordisasters, Experiences rebuildtheirlives helping CycloneNargissurvivors Myanmar,after CycloneNargisstruck thetaskin months Eighteen the internationalcommunity: a. level asperthefollowing: and operational on thetechnical key issues several Dr.for Nargissurvivors. lives Sabandarhighlighted back inbuilding their partnershipandcommitment to thedonorcommunity,for theUN,NGOs/INGOs humanitarian activities.He delivered specialthanks strong leadershipof and supportto the Post-Nargis Board and H.E. UKyaw TCG Chairman Thu forhis Chairman oftheCivilServiceSelectionand Training Centre today.to the gratitude his expressed Healso ASEAN organise theconferenceatUN Conference humanitarian operationsinMyanmarandforletting of ESCAP,to support forherstern ASEAN’s Secretary of theUnitedNations,Executive General Noeleen Heyzer,H.E. Madame UnderSecretary- Dr.to thanks his special Sabandarexpressed slides presentationwhichisattachedin ANNEX 7. Recovery inMyanmar,presentedthePower Point the ASEAN Secretary GeneralforPost-Nargis 6. The needforcontinuedsupportfrom Dr. William Sabandar, SpecialEnvoyof 296 pondsrehabilitated. and 6,269 waterstorageconstructed/rehabilitated; water distributed; 28,729,198 litresofdrinking constructed; 2,777primary school teacherstrained; school with mircornutrient;ninechild-friendly womenprovided drugs; 469,386pregnant/lactating with regularly supplied units ofhealthfacilities provided feeding;843 with therapeuticandsupplementary children 9,365 provided; boats fishing distributed; 9,117 power tillers distributed,25,029 assisted withmaterials;10,332metrictonsofrice 29,265households 31,015 sheltersrehabilitated; provided; shelters new 17,496 made: been have the from international community, great achievements support the With to October2009: b. PONREPP in2009. the disbursed -against – andlargely committed (17.4% ofthePONREPP total of US$ 690 million) tracking has identified an estimated US$ 120 million Present aid plan. recovery for athreeyear million the first three years. PONREPP called for US$ 691 during US$ ininternationalassistance 5,140 million the sizeofaffected populations, Aceh received to CycloneNargisintermsof impact onlivesand Indian Ocean Tsunami, aneventof a similarscale over US$37million.Meanwhile,the contributed same period, During the States ASEAN Member 477 millionoftheFlash Appeal, orUS$330million. the Cyclone,Myanmarreceived69.2%ofUS$ Achievements between January Achievements between “ frecovery... of sustainability that ensures conductedinaway are nowuntilJulyfrom 2010 community international the contributions from years, itiscriticalthat willtake many Nargis Cyclone of many survivors for process the recovery “

page 13 page 14 international community duringthepast18 months conference is heldtoday. Contribution fromthe communities. This isoneofthereasonswhythis and recoverywillremainelusive formanyaffected of ourjointeffortssuccess todatemaybeshort-lived needs. Failingto continue our assistance, the 18 monthsbecontinuedto address thesepressing past the during efforts that crucial is It is crucial: d. occur athomeratherthanhealthcarefacilities. and capitalastheirmainconcern;90%ofbirths of affected householdsreportedthelackofassets during thedryseason;46% resources particularly water surveyed householdsstilluseunimproved burden, followedbytransportation;76%ofthe of writingandstationerysuppliesasthemaincost areas didnotattendschoolduetothehighcost among the surveyed householdsintheaffected most pressingneeds;30%ofschool-agedchildren shelter asoneoftheir adequate considered still to lackofcash;74%thesurveyedhouseholds to theirhousesandcouldnotundertakerepairsdue households reportedsevereandcompletedamage and health.93%ofthe education, watersanitation in theshelter,gaps critical there arestill livelihoods, Plan, despiteprogressbeingmadeinallsectors, the PeriodicReview, andthePONREPP Action for thoseaffectedthe cyclone. by in As indicated been achievedbutalotmoreneedstobedone c. Continued supportforrecoveryprocess has Much Critical needsandgaps: was heldinMyanmar in August and September Centre (RCC). A series ofprioritization exercises Groups throughthe TCG Recovery Coordination Workingof theDelta Recovery representatives developed inconsultation with the TCG and key meet outstandingcriticalhumanitarian needs.It is completed aprioritizedPONREPP Action Plan to the Ministers, TCG anditspartnershave In responsetothecallfrom ASEAN Foreign framework articulatedinthePONREPP. medium tolong-termstagebasedontheguiding existing gapsin all sectorsasrecoveryentersthe effort acoordinated been sustaining toaddressthe of the collaboration withothermembers in TCG, has mechanism alreadyinplace, coordination ASEAN, Dr. Sabandarstressedthatwithaneffective already inplacetofacilitateassistance: e. no reportsoffundsbeingmisused. of the TCG hasbeenverystrong. There havebeen relief and recovery processunder the coordination aid doesworkinMyanmar. of the The governance He assuredthathumanitarian recovery process. is crucial that humanitarian assistancecoversthe it lives andlivelihoods, return tonormal survivors after thedisaster. Inordertohelpdisasters funding isnotonlyfor the reliefphaseimmediately However,survivors. that humanitarian hereminded for Nargis has beencrucialinrecoveringlives Continue the effectivemechanism support reaches thebeneficiaries. the monitoring andinformationsystem onhow intervention. Second, TCG will provide donorswith appropriate partners,sectors andareasfor can reach funding how donors is tofacilitate partners. relevant implementing This conference or putitthrough They canimplementdirectly to supportthe preferred mechanism Plan. Action were encouraged to freely choosetheirmost donors First, PONREPP prioritized Action Plan: g. TCG willprovideacoordinating/facilitatingengine. the For this will bemisused. dollar and notasingle the implementationistranparent and accountable, survivors ofcyclonenargis.Healsoassuredthat donors supportwilleffectivelyreach thepeopleand Dr.this process. accelerate Sabandarassuredthat Action Plan.Hethankedthegeneroussupportto announced newfortheprioritized commitments launched. And several government/donorshave and maternalhealth.LIFTfocus onchild hasbeen services acrossNargis-affected townshipswitha health ofessential package to deliveraminimum agencies programme approachforallimplementing Health PONREPPhave agreedacommon partners the preparationofPONRPC. the launchofprioritized since Action Planand made been have efforts Significant communities. needs ofNargis-affectedthe critical to address to facilitateinternationalassistance accountability coordination roletoensuretransparencyand and Environment. The its TCG willenhance cross-cutting issuesof Disaster RiskReduction Water, Livelihoods, Education andHealthwith & Hygiene, Sanitation Shelter, sectors: following 2010. Itcoversthemostpressingneedsin the immediate and crucial interventionsuntilJuly f. pinning theapproachesstatedinPONREPP. under- approach the community-driven retains critical needsofNargis-affected communities.It in responsetothe the humanitariancommunity 2009. among for partnership This isanurgentcall The fundingmechanismtosupport The Prioritized Action Plan: underscores rely ontheirsupport. Donors’ support will makea big difference andwe to stop. that cancause theoperation something Post-Nargis survivorscan notresolvealone, that something alone, around a way find cannot is somethingthatthehumanitarian community main challenge at thiscriticaltime. This challenge the is Funding resolve. to way a find still can we However, remain. in hispresentationthatchallenges i. of CycloneNargis. needsofthevictims outstanding to meetthecritical of muchneededassistance the delivery coordinate Nations, andthewiderhumanitariancommunity, to with theGovernmentofMyanmar, theUnited the comingmonths,evenaswecontinue,together for ASEAN’s long-termsupportforMyanmarover management. ASEAN astrategy will bedeveloping areas asdisaster-riskreductionandinformation neededinsuch as providinganycapacity-building and systemstotherelevantauthorities,aswell structures will involvehandingovercoordination outcome. a longer-termdevelopment have This to coordinateprogrammesthat line ministries important toworkcloselyand openly withrelevant in, thegovernmenthasabiggerroletoplay. Itis to settle process development to wind-upforthe phase starts also indicatethatastherecovery recovery processes Experiences inpost-disaster qualified teachers forthestudents. enough are there ensure to need also schools isneededbutwe their ownfeet.Building so theycanstandon and livelihoods education are employed,havebetteraccesstohealthcare, where people community a vibrant to establish but itismoreimportant safer sheltersisnecessary of recovery.that ensuressustainability Building from nowuntilJuly2010areconductedinaway fromtheinternationalcommunity that contributions Cyclone Nargiswilltakemanyyears,itiscritical and the recovery processfor many survivorsof mandate ofthe endsinJuly2010 TCG mechanism h. Key Challenges: Dr. Sabandar re-iterated the While Transition andSustainability:

page 15 page 16 four percent of households consider adequateshelterasone four percentof households needs arealarming.Seventy ensued andthe outstanding of devastation causedby Nargis, thehumansuffering that scale the underlined Sender Dr. needs andstocktaking: b. efforts. purpose ofour the principled Nargis aswellwhatremains suffering areneededto remind usof what happened during their dailylives-itseemsthatindividualtalesoflossand in face majorobstacles on afterNargis-whenpeoplestill the sufferingbut oneandahalfyears’ ofNargissurvivors, 2008, Ifoundthisstorytooharrowingtouseinhighlighting and buriedher”.InNovember her inclothes we covered so coffin a make to teak no was There 13. was She night. following the away passed and breathing difficulty having sheltering underatreewithoneofmydaughters,butshewas still was I morning next “The died”. she moment that at but to rescueher.I wasable time this and wife, I sawmy Then to swimatreeandholdon. Another ofmychildrencame his hand.Hedrowned.Imanaged drowning soIremoved one ofmychildrengrabbedholdneck.Iknewwas swimming andtryingtostayabove the surfaceandsuddenly second wavecameandwe were separatedonebyone.Iwas the floating, was which roof the on were we “Whilst Nargis: expression tohiscolleaguesaroundsix-monthsafter a. is attachedin ANNEX 8. His statement needs ofverymanyCycloneNargissurvivors. address remains the substantial andoutstandingunmet INGOs, theover-ridingissueforthismeetingtoconcretely For learnt. lessons and needs critical stocktaking, meeting: addressed participantsonthethreemainthemesof Myanmar. OnbehalfofINGOsbasedinMyanmar, he Dr.by INGOs Paul Sender, Country DirectorofMerlin 7. unn t te is to hms ofcritical themes two first the to Turning He presentedoneofCycloneNargissurvivors’ The INGOstatementwasdeliveredonbehalfof $74 million; for theentire12month periodof2009this $74 million; was assistance to INGOsprovidehumanitarian available May 2008 to the end of that year, the figure for funding made from funding. Intheeightmonths of available due tolack in theDelta. activities A number havealreadyleftthearea month bymonth. Many organizationsaredownscalingtheir scale of humanitarian operationsacrossthe Delta is reducing are mirroredinthePrioritized education, Action Plan. The shelter,livelihoods, health and waterandsanitation, further explainedthatthese needs, encompassing c. the nearestwatersourcemaybeunimproved. in householdswithlittleornocashandwhere conditions, give birthtobabiesathome-inwhatmaybedirehousing sectorand41,000pregnantwomenwill to theeducational fromsupport benefit not will beneficiaries 35,000 season; be supportedintheirrequirementforwaterduringthedry will not willnot bebuilt;35,000households of survivors asset or training programmes;17,800homesforthemostvulnerable cash, livelihoods proposed from benefit not will Prioritized Action Plan,ifwedonotact, 223,000households worse. Counting only those beneficiaries targeted under the incapable ofrespondingtotheseneeds,will,however, be The consequencesofthepotentialproblem,shouldweprove and everyhousehold. of each needs the a wayofmeeting when wetrytoimagine of gapsinsomeareas. The problemseemsoverwhelming the scale plainly illustrates require urgentshelterassistance” the Shelter that by households 178,000 over of gap overall “an of provided Cluster figure The home. at place take of newbornbabies of deliveries 90% burden and school-cost season; 30%ofcannotattendduetothe schoolchildren still useunimprovedwaterinthedry resources, especially 76% ofhouseholds inputs; agricultural received having of theirmostpressingneeds;only7%householdsreport D. Sender Dr. Plan: Prioritized Action PONREPP “ our efforts... of the principledpurpose aswhat as well remains happened duringNargis what usof to remind needed are and suffering loss talesof individual -itseemsthat daily lives major obstaclesintheir when peoplestillface “ conducted in collaboration by the Government of theUnion by theGovernment in collaboration conducted Periodic Review which were common needsassessments of the referred totheimportance ASEAN-led PONJA and g. key lesson. upon thesepracticesofjoint working toaddressneedsisa two notableexamples. The importance of consolidating of theHealthPONREPPand ontoimplementation arebut Ministry of Health throughout thelifetimeof the Health Cluster groups aswell as the highly effective collaborationwith the Welfare todrawupplansformeetingtheneeds ofvulnerable of Social working withtheMinistry to theDelta.Joint access as wellenableandmaintain interventions humanitarian focus uponaddressinghumanitarianneedsdirectlythrough us to it enabled context, the Delta.Withinacomplicated a modelforhowtoeffectivelyconstituted work togetherin Tripartite Core Group mechanismforjointcollaboration f. the internationaldonorcommunitytosupportreliefefforts. the finally and funding andgeneroussupportmadeavailableatthattimeby efforts recovery and relief guide to which Kyaw Thu and,secondly,of gooddataon theavailability by the U TCG undertheChairmanshipofHisExcellency firstly, played to, role Myanmar.due the in is INGOs This by aid operationhasbeenundertaken humanitarian accountable e. of Nargisaswelllateron. in meetingsurvivors’ needs,bothintheimmediateaftermath society by Myanmarcivil role played and pivotal substantial the Clustermodelaswellvery in whichtooptimize practices intoemergencyprogramming,ways accountability literature onissuesasdiversehowtobestincorporate and published have generated abodyoflearning themselves until June2009was on a very substantialscale.INGOs from anaidoperationwhichovertheperiodofMay2008 that canbelearnt the lessons is challengingtosummarize d. PONREPP releasedinDecember2008. and areviewoftheinitial by aidagencies self-assessments capacity consultations, result ofaseriesmulti-stakeholder needs tobe addressed bytheendofJuly2010.It is the of priority outline a minimum andprovides by aidagencies Action Plan,beingpresentedhere today, is fullysupported from donorstomeetthesegaps. The PONREPP Prioritized Myanmar,in of INGOs Dr.for support Senderappealed needs and gaps in provision have been identified. On behalf match assistanceandactionstowhereeventhemostcritical will notallowusto the levelsoffundingcurrentlyavailable should wedraw? What conclusion There isonlyone-that available. belief isthatlessthan50%ofthe2009fundingwillbemade figure fell to US$ $64 million whilst for the whole of 2010 our D. Sender Dr. Common needsassessments : The TCG andtheGovernmentcollaboration: and effective scale, Large The keymessage: it that mentioned Sender Dr. Lessons learned: the humanitarian communityand ASEAN. of theUnionMyanmar and trust betweentheGovernment of Delta asarice-bowlofMyanmar andtherehabilitation peopleaffectedof 2.4million lives byCycloneNargis; ofthe of the noted thatwehaveworkedtoward therehabilitation regional partnerhips,including ASEAN and theUN. Dr. Surin to capitals. on key lessons The conferencehighlighted made, gratitudewillbeconveyed the generouscontributions For of US$88million. commitment an estimated He noted delegates’of support. and comitments inputs, attendance, expressed hissincereappreciationtotheconference 9. Closing Remarks Business CoalitiononHIV/AIDSalsogavestatements. Federation oftheRedCrossandMyanmar International WG. Other partnersincludingtheWorldLivelihoods Bank,the WG, the Social & Physical ProtectionWGandtheDelta Services Centre –theBasic Co-ordination the Recovery Workingof under theauspices Groups (WGs)operating the DeltaRecovery donors, from bilateral for statements 8. Statement ofsupportfrompartnersanddonors years. survivors of Nargis productiveagaintakesmorethantwo be doneovernight;protectinglivesandmakingtheof cannot infrastructure physical Better” Back “Building years. should beginsoon.Recoveryisnevercompletedinjusttwo programming of humanitarian actionsbeyondJuly2010 for donors thatplanning He also reminded programmes. to implement of funds due tothelack under-utilized highly that agencies’ capacitytoimplementprogrammesisbeing programme intheDelta, Dr. Sender reminded themeeting to of space about the availability are beingasked questions a similarsizeofnaturaldisaster.considered At atimewhen affectedpeoples bythe2004 Asian Tsunamiin Aceh whichis have receivedonlyone-tenthof the support providedto the activities. To datehowever, peopleaffected byCycloneNargis in Deltarelief involved funding forallagencies predictable a largedegreeof It provided to atotalofUS330million. Flash Appeal launchedintheaftermathof Nargis was funded to benchmarkthrougharegionalcomparison. The Revised of naturaldisastersandwhichIwouldlike support tosurvivors and therefore of funding predictability of ensuring the issue h. opened alloureyestothescaleofproblem. in generating the necessarymomentumtoconvenethismeetingandhas role significant a played has It importance. able toplanusingashareddatasethasbeenofimmense needs andbeing quantifying in theDelta.Jointly situation as mirroringtheactual agreed, byallthesestakeholders, of Myanmar, ASEAN, the UN and NGOs. The resultsare ASEAN Secretary GenerralDr. SurinPitsuwan oftheconferenceprovided The pen-ultimatesection to relates lesson further A Agencies’ Capacity:

page 17 page 18 affected communities... affected formanyCyclone-elusive willremain and recovery date maybeshort-lived to ourjointefforts of assistance, thesuccess Failing tocontinueour needs. these pressing be continuedtoaddress during thepast18months thatefforts It iscrucial of theirintervention.Fulltexts,wheremadeavailable,areannexedtothisconferenceproceedings. 10. Summary of Statements. The following givesanoverviewof the statementsmadebydonors and partners, in order Working Group Services Recovery Delta Basic Italy Mr. DjauhariOratmangun,Director-Generalof ASEAN Co-operation,DepartmentofForeign Affairs, Indonesia Dr. JosefFullenbach,HeadofSoutheast Asia Division,FederalMinistryforEconomicCo-operationand Germany France H.E.Mr. MichaelStemberg, Ambassador, outlinedDenmark’s contributioninresponsetoNargis2008. Denmark China Australia integrating disaster riskreductionintheresponse. Refertofullstatementin Annex 14(page71). clean waterinthe nextdryseason.Mr. Collison alsonotedtheneedsineducation andtheimportanceof would assist500,000people.Itis estimatedthat35,000peoplewouldrequireassistanceinaccess to been madeincleanwaterprovision, butthatthereisstillalongwaytogo,notingthe Action Plan in Nargisaffected areasareableto receivemedicalintervention.Itwasnotedthatgreatprogresshas for thesecommunitiestogetback ontheirfeet,notingthatonlyhalfofchildrensuffering fromdiarrhoea require assistance.Mr. Collisonnotedthatwithouttheinjectionofnewresourcesitwould beverydifficult Recovery Working Group,notedthat itisthehardesthitandmostremotecommunitiesthatstill Mr DanCollison,ProgrammeDirector, SavetheChildren, Myanmar&Chair, DeltaBasicServices Annex 13(page70). TCG inshowingwhatcanbeachievedwhenworkingtoacommon cause.Refertofullstatementin livelihoods recovery, areasItalyissupportingthroughagranttoFAO. Italynotedtheimportanceof response efforts andunder-scoredItaly’s beliefintheimportanceofassistingarangeareas Ms. Andreina Marsella,FirstSecretary, EmbassyofItalyoutlinedItaly’s contributiontoreliefand 68) Indonesia commitstocontinuesupporttherecoveryprocess. Refer tofullstatementin Annex 12(page and emergencyresponse.Indonesiahasfocuseditsassistanceintheareasofhealtheducation, learned, andasaplatformforthe progress andnotelessons ASEAN agreement ondisastermanagement Indonesia thankedthespeakersandnotedimportanceofholdingconferencetotakestock post-Nargis recoveryefforts. Germany and ASEAN hasbeenscaling-upandGermanythanked ASEAN foritsworkinco-ordinating the callfromUNResidentCo-ordinatortoscale-upaidMyanmar. The collaborationbetween a newagreementwithUNICEFtoprovide2.7millionEurobeforetheendofthisyear. Germanyendorsed through UNandNGOagenciestomeetthebasicneeds. As anexample,Germanisjustabouttofinalize contributor totheEuropeanUnionup20%ofbudget.Germanassistancewillcontinueprovide the Delta.Germanalsosupportshumanitarianneedstoprotectvulnerablebyprovidingasalargest about 6millionEuroor9US$foremergencyaidandreconstructionsocialinfrastructurein Development, notedtheneedforcontinuedsupportfrominternationalcommunity. Germanallocated and livelihoods,includingthroughthenewLIFT Trust Fund. assistance ofFranceinfoodaidandlivelihoods.isconsideringitscommitmentstosecurity Mr. FabriceEtienne,Counsellor, DevelopmentCo-operationandCulture, EmbassyofFrance,notedthe (page 67). through LIFT, whichwillfront-loadassistancetoDeltacommunities.Referfullstatementin Annex 11 continued supporttoeducationandhealth.In2010DenmarkwillcontributeUS$5millionlivelihoods The DanishGovernmentwillcontinuetoworkwithpartnersaddresscriticalneeds.In2009Denmark could reducetheeffects ofdisasters. making progress.Chinanotedthatnoonewasimmunetonaturaldisastersbutbyworkingtogetherwe China notedthatmuchworkhadbeendonetomeetimmediatehumanitarianneedsandrecoverywas of Myanmar, theChineseGovernmentprovidedassistanceof110 millionRMBtoassisttheresponse. critical roleofthe ASEAN Humanitarian Task Forceandthe Tripartite Core Group. As afriendlyneighbour H.E. MrGuanMu,Chinese Ambassador to Thailand thanked ASEAN onbehalfofChina,notingthe efforts. Refertofullstatementin Annex 10(page65). health services;and A$ 1millionofsupportto ASEAN’s roleinthemanagementandco-ordinationofrelief security; A$2 milliontoimproveaccesseducation; A$1 milliontosupportessentialmaternalandchild (US$13.88 million)– A$7 milliontowaterandsanitation-overtwoyears; A$ 4milliontoimprovefood the affected populationsacrossthecountry. Australia announcedapackage ofassistance A$15 million importance attachedtotheneedensurecontinuedaccessforinternationalhumanitarianworkers of thelargestdonorstopost-Nargisreliefandrecoveryefforts. Australia alsonotedthecritical Mr. MichaelWilson,DeputyDirectorGeneral AusAID noted Australia’s significantcontributionasone

page 19 page 20 igpr H.E.RobertChua, Ambassador totheUnionofMyanmar, thanked ASEAN forconveningtheconference. Singapore Norway Mr. PhilipHewitt,NZAIDRepresentative,acknowledgedtheefforts ofthe ASEAN Humanitarian Task New Zealand HEMr. Tjaco Theo Van DenHout, Ambassador andPermanentRepresentativetoESCAP paid The Netherlands Japan Myanmar initspost-Nargisrecovery work. its continuedwillingnesstoassisttheMyanmarpeoplewherever itcan.Singaporewillcontinuetohelp relief andrecoverywork. As afellow ASEAN memberandneighbour, Singapore assuresMyanmarof and privateorganisationshavecommittedoverUS$3milliontothe Myanmarpeopleforpost-Nargis Singapore Government’s humanitarianassistance, theSingaporeRedCross,individualSingaporeans that itreceivesfromitsownweathertrackingfacilitieswiththeMyanmar Government. Apart fromthe build theirdisastermanagementcapacity. Singaporehasalsoagreedtoshareanycyclonewarnings Civil DefenceForceisconductingtrainingprogrammesforMyanmar Governmentagenciestohelpthem is consideringrecoveryprojectsinthewater, health,educationandagriculturesectors. The Singapore needs identifiedbythethree-yearPONREPP andthePrioritised ActionPlantillJuly2010.Singapore will bedisbursedoverthenexttwoyearsbilaterallyonvariousprojects consistentwiththerecovery and apost-disastertraumacounsellingtrainingcourseforMyanmar civilservants. The remainder fertiliser andfishingboatstohelpcyclonesurvivorsregaintheirlivelihoods,a16-bedstationhospital emergency reliefassistanceandrecoveryprojectssuchasdonatedairportgroundhandlingequipment, US$5 milliontopost-Nargisreliefandrecoveryprojects. About halfofthissumhasbeendisbursedin Action Planisastepintherightdirectiontomakeeverydonateddollarcount.Singaporehascommitted use contributionsfromthedonorcommunitytoimplementPONREPP. The PONREPP Prioritised resources andtheglobalfinancialcrisis,weneedtobemorecreativeinnovativeinway the recoverywork,MyanmarGovernmentshouldgive TCG itsfullsupport.Givenlimited As ASEAN hasextendeditsmandateforthesolepurposeofallowingallconcerned partiestocomplete been downgraded,thismayaffect donorconfidenceandmuch-neededfundswillnotbeforthcoming. to abottleneckofvisarequests. There isconcernthatifthe TCG isperceivedbythedonorsashaving longer hastheauthoritytofacilitateclearanceofrequestsfromforeignnationals,andthisled the internationalcommunityinpost-Nargishumanitarianreliefandrecoverywork.However, itno as an ASEAN-led mechanismhasfacilitatedtrust,confidenceandcooperation betweenMyanmarand He saiditisatimelyoccasiontorallydonorsupportforthePONREPP Prioritised Action Plan. The TCG Norway committedafurtherUS$15millionforNargis-affected areas. provided overUS$20millionin2008humanitariansupporttoNargisaffected populations.In2009 support wasimportantinorderfortheaffected communitiestorebuildtheirlivesandlivelihoods.Norway this cooperation,inallofMyanmar. Norwaywelcomedtheprioritised Action Plan,notingthatcontinued a vitalroleinsecuringaccess,co-operationanddialoguestatedthatitwasimportanttocontinue Myanmar intheaftermathofCycloneNargis.Norwaycommendedefforts ofthe TCG asplaying Norway’s Ambassador H.E.Mrs.MereteFjeldBrattested,honouredtheworkdonebymanyactorsin Nargis. NewZealandcommittedUS$250,000toimplementingthePONREPP prioritised Action Plan. Force andthe Tripartite CoreGroupinco-ordinatingthemassiveinternationalresponseeffort toCyclone statement in Annex 15(page72). in Myanmarandunder-scoredtheneedforcontinuedaccesshumanitarianworkers.Refertofull pressing challenges. The NetherlandsiswillingtocontinueassistpeopleintheDeltaandelsewhere The NetherlandswillcontributeUS$3milliontotheLIFT forlivelihoodsintheDelta,oneofmost Nargis. The Netherlandsnotedthatthe Action Plangaveagoodoverviewofremainingcriticalneeds. tribute tothe TCG andthepeopleinMyanmarwhohaveprovidedassistancetosurvivorsofCyclone with the Action Plan.Japanundertooktofullyimplementitscommitments. schools. A further$3.0millionthroughtheJapan-ASEANIntegrationFundisalsoexpectedtobein-line $5.6 millionforconstructionof20school-cum-cyclonesheltersand$1.1reconstruction22 a totalof$61.8milliontopost-Nargisreliefefforts; $6.7millionofwhichisfortheprioritised Action Plan; Japan alsoprovidedalargepartofitscontributiontoassistancethroughtheUnitedNations.made role playedbythe TCG. JapanhasprovideddirectassistancetotheGovernmentofUnionMyanmar. to ESCAP, thanked ASEAN andpartnersfortheefforts. The GovernmentofJapanrecognisedthekey Mr.Yuji Kumanamaru,EnvoyExtraordinaryandMinisterPlenipotentiaryPermanentRepresentative USA The UK Ambassador toMyanmar, HEMr. Andrew Heynthanked ASEAN fortheconference, United Kingdom H.EMr. BansarnBunnag, Ambassador ofthe Thailand toMyanmarnotedtheimportanceof Thailand Switzerland Group Recovery Working Delta Livelihood H.E.Mr. LennartLinner, Ambassador notedthatmuchhasbeenaccomplished[inmeetingthe Sweden announced $10 million offurtherassistancetocyclone affected communities. assistance inBurmawheretheUS canbeassuredthatitisreachingthepeopleinneed. The US the UStoapeaceful,prosperous anddemocraticBurma. The USwishestoexpandhumanitarian hurdles totheprovisionofassistance. The recentUS policyreviewre-affirmedthecoreinterestsof other partnerstoensureassistance canbefreelydelivered,monitoredandevaluated,removing the UnionofMyanmarneedsto maximise itsownefforts ineffecting recoveryandco-operatewith sustained commitment. The USrecognises that furtherresourcesarerequired. The Governmentof is awareoftheacuteneedsremaininginDeltaandthatrecovery efforts willtaketimeand Mr. LarryDinger, Charged’Affaires, USEmbassyinMyanmarnotedthattheGovernment commended themonthepartnershipstheyhadforgedwithUN andothers. for free,fairandfullyinclusiveelectionsin2010. The UKthanked ASEAN for theconferenceand to itshumanitarianaid. The UKcalledforguarantees onaccessforhumanitarianworkersand These commitmentswillbestagedoverthecomingsixmonths. The UKdoesnotattachcondition programmed againsthealth,livelihoodsandeducationneedsset outintheprioritised Action Plan. needs inhouseholdshelter, livelihoodsandeducationtheremainder£6millionisbeing Recovery &PreparednessPlan.Ofthis,£6millionhasalreadybeen programmedagainstcritical demonstrated. In April 2009theUKcommitted£12milliontoprogrammesunderPost-Nargis Nargis showedthataidcouldbedeliveredeffectively andaccountably, andresults ontheground and statedthattheUKjudgedtheircommitmentstohumanitarianpartnersresponding be usedintheregionandinternationally. livelihoods willbecontinued.HeexpressedhopesthatexperiencesofpostNargiscooperation co-operation heexperiencedinthe TCG. Thailand’s contributioninhealth,shelter, educationand work of ASEAN andthe TCG, andasamemberofthe TCG, Ambassador Bunnagnotedtheclose humanitarian workers. in 2010.Switzerlandunder-scoredtheimportanceoffreeandun-fetteredaccessforprofessional schools, constructingfishingboatsandshelters,itscontributiontoLIFT – totallingUS$5million support forthe Action Planisneeded.Switzerlandnoteditsprioritiesintheconstructionof33 operation betweenMyanmarandinternationalhumanitarianstakeholders.Continuedre-newed H.E. Mr. ChristophBurgener, Ambassador notedthatNargispromptedsignificantconstructiveco- (page 74). livelihood inputsarestillnotaffordable formanyintheDelta.Refertofullstatement Annex 17 current progresscontinuesandtheresponsedoesnotlosegainstonewchallenges.Crucial in Yangon, chairedbyFAO, isseeking tomeetwithalldonorsontheneedactnowensurethat recovery, hascomeaboutbytakingonmoredebt. The DeltaLivelihoodsRecoveryWorking Group already threatenthelivelihoodrecoveryofsomehouseholds. Their foodsecurity, andtheirlivelihood and 24percentofpigshavebeenreplacedacrosstheDelta.Reportsindicatethatincreasesindebt a verylowreplacementrate.Onaverage,onlyaround4percentofchickens,25ducks While duckshavebeensubstantiallyreplacedinBogale Township, livestockinotherareashave economy are still missing.In Pyapon, only 1 percent of power tillers and buffalo havebeenreplaced. The Action PlanasksforUS$40millionlivelihoods.ManyofthebasicbuildingblocksinDelta the Flash Appeal. Ifmoresupportisnotforthcoming,manygainsmadeintheDeltacouldbelost. derive theirlivelihoodsfromcrops,forestryandfisheries–butthatwasunder-fundedin Mr. ShinImai,FAO CountryRepresentative,Myanmarnotedthatsome80%ofpeopleintheDelta the comingyear. Refertofullstatementin Annex 16(page73). summation, SwedenwillprovideanoverallsumofUS$4.5milliontorecoveryefforts intheDelta of potentiallyUS$1million.SupporttoNGOsworkingintheDeltawillamount$500,000.In to LIFT andwillcontinuetosupportthe ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force,withacommitment assistance. SwedenhasprovidedinexcessofUS$18million.willcontributeUS$3million of theinternationalcommunityandinensuringaccesstoaffected areasandproperdeliveryof essential roleofthe TCG, inpreparingthe Action Planandco-ordinatingfacilitatingthework fishermen intheDeltaandwillrequireadditionalinputstoaddressthem.Swedenrecognises Social ImpactsMonitoringreportonthesevereeconomicconstraintsfacedbyfarmersand needs inNargisaffected areas]butmuchmoreneedstobedone;thattheissuesraisedin

page 21 page 22 Office, Bangkok FAO Regional Group Recovery Working Physical Protection Delta Socialand AIDS Coalition onHIV/ Myanmar Business Crescent Red Cross& Federation ofthe The International Ms. Annette Dixon,CountryDirector, Southeast Asia thankedESCAP, ASEAN andthe TCG for The World Bank Commission The European importance ofthelivelihoodsand foodsecuritysectorwasstressed. sustainable productionbase,toallow peopletobeindependentofexternalassistanceremains. The for theirassistancetodatewhich hasmadeagreatdifference tothelivesofmany, but thegoalofa in theDeltatoensureservicesand inputsreachedfarmersattherighttime.Donorswerethanked Mr. HiroyukiKonuma,DeputyRegionalRepresentative notedtheurgentneedsofagricultureactors provision ofabasicshelterpackage.Refertofullstatementin Annex 20(page78). 80% ofaffected peoplestilldonotfeelsafeintheirhouses,afearthatcanbeaddressedbythe vulnerable needshelterassistanceandtheyitnow.The PeriodicReviewIIfoundthatover assist withshelterneedsofthelessvulnerablebutweneedtoall rememberthatthe122,000most in othersectors.We suggestthenewlivelihoods andfoodsecuritytrustfund–LIFT –beableto account ofthelowlevelsfundingavailableforshelterweriskundermining developmentinitiatives basic humanrightandwithoutconsideringrecoveryinaholisticcomprehensive way, andtaking available noranyassurancesmadetoaddressthescaleofneeds whichremain.Shelterisa been addressedinthesamewayasothersectors-proportionate resourceshavenotbeenmade The ShelterSector, whichexperienced1/3ofthetotaldamageimpactasaresult ofNargis,hasnot heart ofthefamily, shelter, builtbackbetterandsafer, neededattention. The appealwasmadethroughtheuseofastorychildsurvivor. Notingthatthehomewas disasters onafrequentifnotescalatingbasis,yearandhalfafterCycloneNargismadelandfall. living ininadequateshelterswithlittlefood,nosafewater, diseaseandexposedtoamultitudeof Ms. MarikoSato,Chief,UN-HABITAT, Thailand appealedforhelpthemostvulnerablefamilies continues. The privatesectorwillcontinuetocontributethere-buildingofDelta. major effort bytheprivatesectorandindividuals-seenin earlydaysoftheresponse- Mr. MartinPun,Chairmanspokeasarepresentativeoftheprivatesector. Mr. Punnotedthatthe visas andareallowedaccess.Refertofullstatementin Annex 19(page77). Myanmar RedCrossinitscapacitydevelopment.Itiscrucialthatinternationaldelegatesareissued Red CrescentMovementisabletofullyimplementitsrecoveryplanofactionandwillsupportthe provide morefundsforthe Action Planandrecoveryefforts overthenextyears. The RedCross& principle ofbeingaccountabletobeneficiaries.IFRCurgedtheinternationaldonorcommunity lessons oftheRedCrossinresponsetoCycloneNargis,stressingcriticalimportance Mr. Alan Bradbury, HeadofRegionalOffice/RegionalProgrammeCo-ordinatorsharedsomethe development partners,inparticulararoundtheimpactofglobalfinancialcrisis. assess thesocio-economicsituationinDeltaandundertakeanalyticalwork,workingwithother in adoptingmeasurestoimprovefarmers’ accesstofinance. The World Bankwillcontinueto economy oftheDelta. The World BankalsohopesthattheSIMsurveywillassistGovernment to becomecasuallabourers. The presentlevelofaidistoolowtoallowtheboostneeded high debtlevelsarethreateninglong-termlivelihoodsprospects,forexampleforcingsmallfarmers Social ImpactsMonitoring(SIM)surveyshowsthatchallengingsocio-economicconditionsremain: hosting theconference,aswellforrecentlyconcludingprioritized Action Plan. The latest statement in Annex 18(page75). additional contributiontotheMultiDonorEducation Trust Fundand€2milliontohealth.Referfull security throughthenewlyestablishedmulti-donor Trust Fund–LIFT; €2milliontoeducation,an the PONREPP Action Plan. The breakdownofwhichincludes;€10milliontolivelihoodsandfood contribution ofupto€14million(aboutUS$21million)meetoutstandingneedscoveredunder and accountablemanner, notingtheoutstandingefforts ofthe TCG. The ECannounceda operations hadbeentimelyandeffective andaiddeliverywaspossibleinMyanmaratransparent outlined itsroleintheresponsetoNargisfromstartMay2008. The ECnotedthatrelief congratulated ASEAN, the TCG andotherstakeholdersonconveningtheconference. The EC witnessed thetremendousefforts thatwereongoingaswelltheoutstandingneeds. The EC H.E. Mr. DavidLipman,EC Ambassador, notedthathehadvisitedtheDeltainMay2009and Protection RecoveryWorking Group(page78) Annex 20:Statementdeliveredonbehalfof DeltaSocialandPhysical Crescent Movement(page77) Annex 19:StatementdeliveredbytheInternationalRedCrossand Annex 18:StatementdeliveredbyEuropeanCommission(page75) Working Group(page74) Annex 17:StatementdeliveredonbehalfofDeltaLivelihoodsRecovery Annex 16:StatementdeliveredbySweden(page73) Annex 15:StatementdeliveredbytheNetherlands(page72) Recovery Working Group(page71) Annex 14:StatementdeliveredbytheChairofDeltaBasicServices Annex 13:StatementdeliveredbyItaly(page70) Annex 12:StatementdeliveredbyIndonesia(page68) Annex 11: StatementdeliveredbyDenmark(page67) Annex 10:Statementdeliveredby Australia (page65) of ASEAN (page64) Annex 9:ClosingRemarksofH.E.Dr. SurinPitsuwan,Secretary-General Myanmar, onbehalfoftheINGOcommunity(page62) Annex 8:INGOStatementofDr. PaulSender, CountryDirectorofMerlin ASEAN SecretaryGeneralforPostNargisRecoveryinMyanmar(page52) Annex 7:PresentationofDr. WilliamSabandar, SpecialEnvoyofthe Humanitarian CoordinatorinMyanmar(page49) Annex 6:StatementofMr. BishowParajuli,UNResidentCoordinator/ Group, Myanmar(page45) Service Selectionand Training Board andChairmanofthe Tripartite Core Annex 5:OpeningRemarksofH.E.UKyaw Thu, ChairmanoftheCivil (page 42) General oftheUnitedNationsandExecutiveSecretaryESCAP Annex 4:OpeningRemarksofH.E.Dr. NoeleenHeyzer, UnderSecretary of ASEAN (page39) Annex 3:OpeningRemarksofH.E.Dr. SurinPitsuwan,Secretary-General Interior, RoyalKingdomof Thailand (page37) Annex 2:OpeningRemarks,H.E.Mr. ChavaratCharnvirakul,Ministerof Annex 1:Listofconferencedelegates(page24) ANNEXES

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ANNEX 1: LIST OF DELEGATES

TCG Members Ministry/ No. Name Address Organization √ U Kyaw Thu 1. Chairman Office of Civil Service and Chairman of the Tripartite Core Group Office of Civil Service and Training Board Training Board √ Daw Ni Lar Aung Assistant Director 2. No. 17, Nay Pyi Taw Personal Assistant to U Kyaw Thu √ H.E. Mr. Bansarn Bunnag 3. The Royal Thai Embassy (Ambassador ), Senior ASEAN Member to the TCG Royal Thai Embassy 94, Pyay road √ Ms. Salinee Srivardhana 4. Dagon Township, Yangon First Secretary Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Division ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) √ Ms. Adelina Kamal 5. ASEAN Secretariat Department Head of Division The ASEAN Secretariat Jl. Sam Ratulangi No.2, Menteng, Jakarta - 10350, INDONESIA √ Dr William Sabandar The Coordinating Office for the ASEAN Special Envoy of the ASEAN Secretary General for Humanitarian Task Force Office 6. ASEAN HTF Post Nargis Recovery in Myanmar/ Chief Technical 79, Taw Win Road, Dagon Township, Advisor/ Head of Operation Yangon, Myanmar √ Mr Bishaw Parajuli 7. UN Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator √ Ms. Kanako Mabuchi UNDP 8. Coordination Officer 6, Natmauk Road,Yangon √ Mr. Aye Win 9. UNDP The United Nation Information Center Office, UNIC √ Ms. Niken Gandini Recovery Coordination Centre Yangon - RCC 10. Senior Coordination Officer/Field Coordination Yangon Officer Chatrium Hotel Yangon (Nikko Hotel) √ Mr. Jerry Engman 40, Natmauk Road, Tamwe Township 11. Senior Coordination Officer/M&E Specialist Yangon, Union of Myanmar WFP Myanmar, Yangon Inya Lake Hotel, 3rd Floor WFP √ Mr Chris Kaye 12. No.37, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, County Director Mayangone Township, Yangon, Myanmar

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Delegates from Ministers in Myanmar

No. Ministry Name Address

Ministry of Health √ Dr.Saw Lwin 13. Ministry of Health Building No (4), Nay Pyi Taw, Deputy Director General Union of Myanmar

Delegates from ASEAN Foreign Ministers

No. Ministry Name Address

No. 12, Soi 2 Ekmai, 63 Sukhumvit Road √ Mr. Aizul Sofrin bin Abdul Aziz Prakhong Nua District10110 14. Brunei Darussalam CDA a.i. Bangkok Thailand Royal Embassy of Cambodia Royal Embassy of √ Mr. Rithipol Tith 518/4 Pracha Uthit Road (Soi Ramkhamhaeng 39) 15. Cambodia Commercial Counselor Wangthonglang, Bangkok 10310, Thailand √ Mr. Djauhari Oratmangun Department of Foreign Affairs 16. Director General for ASEAN Cooperation Ministry for Foreign Affairs Department of Foreign Affairs – Indonesia Republic of Indonesia Jalan Pejambon No. 6 Republic of Indonesia √ Mr. Irmawan Emir Wisnandar 17. Jakarta Pusat 10110 Director for ASEAN Functional Cooperation Indonesia √ Mr. Arief Wicaksono Directorate of ASEAN Functional Cooperation, 18. Staff Officer MoFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia √ H.E Dato’ Husni Zai Yaccob 19. Malaysia Wisma Putra Ambassador, (Malaysian Embassy), Bangkok No 1, Jalan Wisma Putra Precint 2 62602 Putrajaya √ Mrs. Aye Aye Mu 20. Minister Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission Ministry of Foreign Affairs √ Ms. Malar Than Htaik, Embassy of the Union of Myanmar 21. Union of Myanmar First Secretary Bangkok √ U T het Tun 132, Sathorn Nua Road 22. First Secretary √ H.E Mr Antonio Venus Rodriguez Embassy of the republic of the Philippines 23. Ambassador 760 Sukhumvit Road, Republic of the Philippines Corner Soi Philippines (Sukhumvit 30/1), √ Ms. PILAR Melizza Presina T. Binuya 24. Prakhanong, Bangkok 10110 Attaché Thailand The Embassy of the Republic of Singapore √ H.E. Ambassdor Robert Chua 25. Republic of Singapore 238, Dhamazedi Road, Bahan Township, Ambassador of Singapore to Myanmar Yangon √ H.E. Mr Chawarat Charnveerakul, 26. Office of the Minister of Interior, The Minister of the Interior The Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of √ Mr. Adthaporn Singhawichai, Thailand 27. Director, Research and. International Cooperation Asadang Road, Ratchabophit, Bangkok 10200 Bureau (DDPM) Kingdom of Thailand √ Mr. Pitchayaphant Charnbhumidol Division of East Asia II Department of East Asian Director, MoFA, & 5

28. Affairs 2 Assistant Secretary of e Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Thai-Myanmar association for Friendship Pag 443 Sri Ayudhya Rd √ Ms. Achara Chaiyasan 29. Bangkok 10400 Thailand Third Secretary

√ Mr Sorawut Norapoompipat Division III 30. Third Secretary Department of East Asian Affairs, MoFA √ Miss Boosara Kanchanalai 31. Director Division IV √ Mr. Apaicheep Bunnag Department of ASEAN Affairs, MoFA 32. Second Secretary √ Miss Supapan Tiapiriyakij Peace, Security and Disarmament Division 33. Second Secretary Department of International Organizations √ Mr. Grisada Phakakarn Thailand International Development 34. Development Cooperation Officer Cooperation Agency (TICA) √ Mrs. Sirirat Ayuwatana, 35. Inspector General, Office of the Permanent Secretary √ Ms. Prachayanee Prampan International Affairs Officer Ministry of Social Development and Human 36. Bureau of Policy and Strategy Security Office of the Permanent Secretary √ Ms. Nongluck Thongpitakwong 37. Social Officer Bureau of Inspection and Evaluation Socialist Republic of Viet √ Nguyen Hong Nam Ministry of Foreign Affairs 38. Nam First Secretary No.1 Ton That Dam, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Delegates from ASEAN HTF Members Country/ No. Name Address Organization √ Khitchadeth Kham-Inh, Deputy Director – ASEAN Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 39. General 23 Singha Road, Vietiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic Lao PDR National Disaster Management Office, Ministry of √ Vilayphong Sisomvang Labour and Social Welfare 40. Expert /Senior Technical Officer for National Pangkham Road, P.O Box : 347 Vientiane, Lao Disaster Management Office PRD √ Dam Thi Hoa, Officer Department of Dyke Management and Flood Viet Nam 41. Vietnam Central Committee for Flood and storm Control

Control A4 Block, 2 Ngoc Ha Str., Hanoi. Vietnum

Delegates from ASEAN Member States’ Ambassadors to ASEAN Country/ No. Name Address Organization

√ Ms. Anna KLYUHINA Russian Embassy in Thailand 42. Russia Attaché 78 Sap Road, Bangkok 10500

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Delegates from Headquarter

No. Country Name Address

√ Mr Michael Wilson Australian Agency for International 43. Australia Deputy Director General, Asia Bilateral Development, London Circuit Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Referat / Division 200 (Regionale √ Dr. Josef FÜLLENBACH 44. Germany Entwicklungspolitik; Südostasien) Head of South East Asia Division Adenauerallee 139 - 141 53113 Bonn Germany Panochawan Kosiyatrakul (Aor) USAID √ Ms. Barbara Krell, Administrative Assistant to the Mission Director 45. USAID RDMA Acting Mission Director U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) ADRA International √ Mr. Raymond Chevalier 20307 Old Columbia Pike 46. ADRA International Director Emergency Silver Spring , MD USA 20904

Delegates from Embassies and Development Organizations in Bangkok

No. Country Name Address

47. √ Linda Spies (intern political section) The Embassy of Belgium

17th Floor, Sathorn City Tower, 175 South Sathorn Belgium 48. √ Berenice Decharneux (intern political section) Road, Tungmahamek, Yanama,

Bangkok 10123, Thailand √ H. E. Mr. Ron Hoffmann The Embassy of Canada 49. Ambassador 15th Floor, Abdulrahim Place, 990 Rama IV Road, Canada √ Ms. Amy Galigan Bangrak, Bangkok 10501, 50. First Secretary of the Embassy Thailand √ H.E. Guan Mu The Embassy of the people’s Republic of China 51. Ambassador 57 Rachadapisake Road, Dindaeng, Bangkok 10400 √ Mr. Yao Wen 52. China Political Section Director The Embassy of the people’s Republic of China √ Ms. Pu Xiaojun 53. in the Kingdom of Thailand Third Secretary The Embassy of the Republic of Cuba √ H. E. Mr. Lazaro Herrera Martinez No.5, Mela Mansion, 3rd Floor, Room 3 C 5 54. Cuba Ambassador Sukhumvit Soi 27, Klong Toei Nuea, Wattana,Bangkok 10110, Thailand The Embassy of the Czech Republic √ H. E. Mr. Ivan Hotek 55. Czech 71/6, Ruam Rudee Soi 2, Ploenchit Road Bangkok Ambassador 10330, Thailand √ H. E. Mr. Michael Stemberg 56. The Royal Danish Embassy Ambassador 10, Sathorn Soi 1 (Attakarn Prasit) South Sathorn Denmark √ Mr. Mads Beyer Road, Bangkok 10120, 57. Deputy Head of Mission Thailand Political and Development Counsellor √ H. E. Sirpa Mäenpää 58. The Embassy of Finland 8 Ambassador th Amarin Tower, 16 Floor, 500, Ploenchit Road, 2 Finland √ KatiVeijonen e 59. Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Counsellor Pag √ Ms. Idit Shamir The Embassy of Israel Ocean Tower II, 25 th Fl,75 60. Israel Deputy Chief of Mission & Counsellor Sukhumvit Soi 19, Bangkok 10110

√ Dr. Andreina Marsella The Embassy of the Republic of Italy 61. Italy First Secretary as Chargée d'Affairs a.i 3. Inya Myaing Road, GoldenValley,Yangon Embassy of Japan in Thailand √ Mr. Yuji Kumamaru 177 Witthayu Road, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, 62. Japan Emboy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Bangkok 10330, Permanent Representative to ESCAP Thailand √ H.E. Mr. CHUNG Hae-moon Embassy of the Republic of Korea 63. Ambassador 23 Thiam Ruammit Road, Korea √ Mr. DO Bong-kae Ratchadapisek, Huai Khwang 64. Counsellor Bangkok 10320 √ H.E. Dato' Husni Zai Yaacob Malaysian Embassy 65. Ambassador Bangkok Malaysia √ Ms. Fenny Nuli 33-35 South Sathorn Road, Tungmahamek, Sathorn, 66. Minister Counsellor Bangkok 10120 √ H. E. Mr. Tjaco Theo Van Den Hout

67. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Netherlands ESCAP 15 Soi Tonson Ploenchit Road, Lumpini, Pratumwan (ESCAP) √ Mr Peter kaulers, Councellor Bangkok 10330, Thailand 68. Political and Development Cooperation √ H. E. Mrs. Merete Fjeld Brattested The Royal Norwegian Embassy 69. Ambassador UBC II Building, 18th Floor 591 Sukhumvit Road, 33, Norway √ ARNE JAN FLOLO, First Secretary, Myanmar Bangkok 10110, Bangkok, 70. Desk Officer Thailand Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan √ Mr. Ahmad Anjad Ali 71. Pakistan 31 Soi Nana Nua, Sukhumvit Road (3) Bangkok Deputy Head of Mission 10100 Embassy of the Republic of Poland √ H.E. Dr. Jerzy Bayer 100/81-82, 25th Floor, Vongvanij Building B, Rama 9 72. Poland Ambassdor Road, Huaykwang, Bangkok 10310, Thailand √ H. E. Mr. Douglas Harvey Monro Gibson The Republic of South Africa 73. Ambassador 12th –A Floor, M-Thai Tower, All Seasons Place, South Africa √ Mr. Raymond Walter Manzini, Secound Secretary: No.87, Wireless Road, Lumpini, Patum Wan, 74. Political Bangkok. 10330 The Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain √ Mr. Antonio J. Millán 23rd Floor, Lake Ratchada Office Complex 75. Spain Chargé d’Affairs 193, Ratchadaphisek Road Klong Toei Bangkok 10110 √ H. E. Mr. Lennart Linner 76. The Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden (Ambassador) Sweden 20th Floor, Pacific Place 140 Sukhumvit Road, √ Mr. Jorgen Schonning 77. Bangkok 10110, Thailand Councellor (Development) Sida √ Mr. Bengt Ekman 20th Floor, pacific Place 140 Sukhumvit Road, 78. Sida (Minister, Coordinator of Sida Myanmar Assistance) Bangkok 10110, Bangkok, Thailand √ H. E. Mr. Christoph Burgener 79. Ambassador √ Mr. Thomas Fisler The Embassy of Switzerland Switzerland Regional Humanitarian Aid Coordinator for Southeast 35 North Wireless Road, Bangkok 10330 Bangkok, 80. Asia Thailand Counsellor Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, FDFA Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Timor- Leste,

√ H.E. Mr. João Freitas de Câmara, 29

Democratic Republic of 1550 Thanapoom Tower, 7th Floor, e 81. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Timor-Leste New Petchburi Road, Permanent Representative to ESCAP Pag Makassan-Ratthewi., Bangkok 10400

√ Mr. David Lipman 82. Head of EC delegation to Thailand √ Ms. Veronique LORENZO Delegation of the European Commission 83. Head of Operations Kian Gwan House II, 19th Floor EC √ Ms. Silvia FACCHINELLO 140/1 Wireless Road 84. Attache (Co-operation) Bangkok 10330, Programme Officer for Myanmar Thailand √ Mrs. Kullwadee SUMALNOP 85. Press and Information Officer ECHO √ Mr. David Verboom ECHO 86. (Bangkok) Head of Regional Office 152. 4th Floor, Indosuez House, Wireless Road, Lumpini, Prathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand USAID Regional Development Mission Asia, GPS Witthayu Tower, 93/1 Wireless Road, Bangkok, Thailand √ Mr. Michael Stievater 87. Thru:[email protected] Director of Governance and Vulnerable Populations Ms. NAPAK Tesprasith USAID/RDMA, Bangkok USAID/RDMA Governance & Vulnerable Populations Office (GVP) √ Mr. Barbara Krell 88. Deputy Mission Director U.S. Agency for International Development Regional √ Ms. Sandee Pyne, Ph.D. Development Mission Asia, Burma Program Manager GPF Witthayu Tower A, 10th Floor, 93/I Wireless 89. Governance and Vulnerable Populations (GVP), Road, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand USAID/RDMA √ Ms. Sally Waples, First Secretary (Political) & 90. The Embassy of Her DFID Humanitarian Co-ordinator British Embassy, Thailand Britannic Majesty √ Mrs. Srimeena Leverington, 14 Wireless Road, Bangkok 10330 91. Deputy Programme Manager

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Delegates from the UN and other Agencies/Organizations in Bangkok and Some Other Places

No. Organization Name Address

92. ADB √ Mr. Jean-Pierre Verbiest ADB Country Director, Thailand 23rd Floor, The Office at Central World, 999/9 Rama 1 Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand √ H.E. Noeleen Heyzer 93. Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Executive Secretary of ESCAP UNESCAP √ Mr. Wai Lin Saw ESCAP United Nations Building, Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, 94. Special Adviser to the UN Undear-Secretary-General Bangkok 10200, Thailand Office of the Executive Secretary √ Mr. Tin Htun Oo 95. Consultant for Countries with Special Needs (CSN) √ Mr. Hiroyuki Konuma, 96. FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Deputy Regional Representative (FAO) FAO 39 Phra Atit Road, Phra Nakorn √ Mr Rajendra Aryal, 97. Bangkok 10200 Senior Regional Emergency Coordinator √ Mr. Rodolfo Eduardo Klien, HelpAge International – East Asia/Pacific Regional 98. Regional Representative Development Centre HelpAge International √ Mr. Godfred Paul, No. 6 Soi 17 Nimmanhaemin Rd., T. Suthep, A. 99. Senior Regional Programme Muang, Chiang Mai, 50200, THAILAND ICCO ((Interchurch Organization for Development ICCO, √ Mr. Michael G. ROELANDS Cooperation) 100. The Netherlands Regional Liaison Officer 12th Floor Rajapark Building , 163 Sukhumvit 21 (Asoke), 10110 Bangkok √ Mr. Alan Bradbury International Federation of Red Cross and Red 101. Head of Regional Office / Regional Programme Crescent Societies (IFRC) – Regional Office Coordinator Bangkok IFRC 5th Floor, Ocean Towers 1 Mr. Andy McElroy 102. 170/11-12 Ratchadapisek Road Regional Programme Coordinator Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110 IOM √ Mr. Federico SODA, IOM Senior Regional 103. IOM 183 Rajanakarn Building, 18th Floor, South Sathorn Programme Development officer Rd. Bangkok 10120, Thailand 104. √ Dr. Dato' Jemilah Mahmood Level 2, Podium Block, City Point, MERCY MALAYSIA √ Mr. Norazam Ab Samah Kompleks Dayabumi, Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, 105. Executive Council Member 50050 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA M Thai Tower, 14th Fl., √ Mr. Philip Hewitt All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, 106. NZAID Representative Lumpini, Bangkok 10330 (P.O. Box 2719, Bangkok 10500) OCHA OCHA √ Mr. Terje Skavdal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Executive 107. Head of Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Suite, 2nd floor, UNCC Building, Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand Oxfam Great Britain √ Mr. David MacDonald 108. Oxfam Floor 11A, Q.House Convent Bldg., 38 Convent Oxfam East Asia Regional Programme Manager Road, Silom, Bangkok, Bangkok 10500 Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (RBAP) √ Nescha Teckle United Nations Service Building 109. RBAP Practice Team Leader, Crisis Prevention and 3rd Floor, Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Recovery Thailand Administration Bureau 31 31

Red Cross Society of √ Lt. Gen. Dr. Amnat Barlee Thai Red Cross Society, e 110. Thailand under Her Director of Relief and Community Health Bureau, Thai 1871 Terd Prakiet Bldg, 4th flr., Henry Dunant Rd., Pag Majesty’s Patronage Red Cross Society Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Relief and Community Health Bureau, Thai Red √ Lt. Gen. Dr. Amnat Barlee Relief and Community Cross Society 111. Director Health Bureau, TRCS 1817 Henry Dunant Rd., Pathumwan,Bangkok,

Thailand. 10330 The World Bank Office √ Ms. Annette Dixon 30th Floor, Siam Tower 112. Country Director, Southeast Asia 989 Rama I Road, Pathumwan Bangkok 10330 The World Bank Cable: INTBAFRAD BANGKOK √ Mr. Coralie Gevers 02 686-8322 (Direct Line) 113. Advisor MC 9-910,World Bank,1818 H Street, Washington DC √ Mr. Henk Verbeek Regional Director and Representative for Asia 114. Senior Administrative Officer and the Pacific Office, United Nations Building, UNEP √ Mr. Serena Fortuna Rajdamnern Nok Avenue 115. Programme Officer Bangkok 10200, Thailand United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization √ Ms. Karampreet Sachathep 116. UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Unit Programme Assistant 2nd Floor, 920 Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok 10110, Thailand UNFPA Asia and the Pacific Regional Office UNFPA √ Nami Takashi 117. United Nations Building, 12th Floor, Rajdamnern Nok Programme Specialist Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand UN-HABITAT √ Ms. Mariko Sato 118. UN-HABITAT 2nd Floor, Services Building, Rachadamnern Nok Chief Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand √ Dr. Festo Kavishe, Officer-in-Charge and deputy UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office 119. UNICEF Regional Director 19 Phra Atit Road, Bangkok 10200, Thailand UNISDR United Nations Building UNISDR √ Mr. German Velasquez 120. 8th Floor,Block A, Senior Regional Coordinator Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand √ Mr. Gary Lewis UNODC Regional Centre for East Asia and the 121. UNODC Representative, United Nations Pacific UN Secretariat Building, 3rd floor, √ Ms . Soe Yee Saing, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, 122. the Programme Management Officer Thailand UNOPS √ Bishnu Bahadur SILWAL Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific 123. UNOPS Senior Portfolio Manager UNSB 2nd Floor, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue,Bangkok 10200, Thailand. WFP √ Mr. Kevin Howley, Unit #2, 7th Floor, Wave Place Bldg, No. 55 Wireless 124. WFP Emergency Preparedness and Response Officer Rd, Lumpini, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand √ Mr. Sigit Wijayanta YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU) 125. Executive Director Jl. Sam Ratulangi no. 8 YAKKUM Yogyakarta 55223, 126. √ Ms. Arshinta Indonesia Institute of Developing Economics √ Mr. Yasushi Ueki 127. IDE-JETRO 14th Floor, Nantawan Building, 161, Rajadamri Road, Research Fellow Bangkok 10330, Thailand Asia Pacific Regional Office

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√ Warren Ferdinandus Bangkok Business Centre, 13 Floor 2 World Vision 3

128. Regional Director 29, Sukhumvit 63 (Ehamai Road) e International External Relations Klongton Nua, Wattana, Bangkok 10110, Thailand Pag

Delegates from Embassies in Yangon

No. Country Name Address

√ H.E Ms Michelle Chan The Embassy of Australia, 129. Ambassador Australian Agency for International Development Australia (AusAID) √ Mr. Bernard Pearce 130. The Embassy of Australia Humanitarian Assistance Coordinator 88.Strand Road, Yangon The Embassy of France √ Mr. Fabric Etienne 131. France Service de Coopération et d'Action Culturelle Cooperation and Cultural Counsellor 340, Pyay Road, Sanchaung Township √ Mr. Dhyasti Kalista W.N Siregar The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia 132. Indonesia Third Secretary 100. Pyidaungsu Yeiktha Road, Yangon √ Ms. Natsuko ITO, The Embassy of Japan 133. Japan Third Secretary 100. Natmauk Road, Yangon The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia √ Mr. HOHD TAREF AZZAM ALFAGIRY, 134. Saudi Arabia 287/289 U Wisara Road Sanchaung Towhship. Attache head of Consular Yangon, Myanmar √ H.E. Mr. Andrew Heyn 135. United Kingdom Ambassador √ Mr. Paul Whittingham, 136. Head The Embassy of Her Britannic Majesty √ Mr. Matt Maguire 80, Strand Road, Yangon 137. DFID Burma First secretary, Cyclone Co-ordinator √ Mr. Anthea Kerr 138. Livelihoods Adviser

√ Mr. Larry M. Dinger 139. Charge d' Affaires The Embassy of the United States of America USA 110, University Avenue, Kamayut Township, 11041 √ Ms. Jessica M. Davey Yangon, Myanmar 140. Assistance Officer

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Delegates from the UN Agencies, International Organizations and NGOs in Yangon

No. Organization Name Address

ActionAid Myanmar √ Mr. Shihab Uddin Ahamad 141. Action Aid Room 509, 44 Pyay Road, Bishp Home Condo, Country Manager Yangon Myanmar, 111191 ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT and RELIEF √ Saw Teddy AGENCY – Myanmar (ADRA-Myanmar) 142. ADRA-Myanmar Country Director A 3-2 E Condo,North Nazar Road,Dagon Tsp., 11191, Yangon FAO, Seed Production Centre (MAS), Insein Road, √ Mr. Shin Imai, 143. FAO Gyogon,Yangon, FAO Representative P.O.Box 101, Myanmar IFRC, Red Cross Building, First Floor, 42 ,Strand √ Mr. Alasdair Gordon-Gibson, 144. IFRC Road Head of Operations Botataung Township, Yangon, Myanmar IOM Yangon √ Ms. Mariko TOMIYAMA Room # 1211, 12th Floor 145. IOM Chief of Mission Traders Hotel,

223, Sule pagoda Road, Yangon, Myanmar International Rescue Committee Myanmar (IRCM) √ Ms. Catherine Breen 146. IRCM 134 A Than Lwin Road, golden Valley Ward (1), Country Director Bahan 11201, Yangon JICA-Myanmar √ Mr. Junichi Hirano 147. JICA-Myanmar 701 Sakura Tower, 339 Bogyoke Aung San Road,, Representative Kyauktada Township, Yangon √ Dr. Paul Sender 148. Merlin 326 (A), Pyay road, Sanchaung Township, Yangon Country Director √ Joe Crowley MIMU, Room 805, 8th Floor 149. MIMU Manager Chatrium Hotel, No 40 Namauk Road ,Tarmwe Tsp Myanmar Information Management Unit Yangon, Myanmar √ Dr. Myo Thant Tyn MNN (Myanmar NGO Network) 150. MNN President Room 21, Building 3, Panhlaing Housing, Panhlaing Myanmar NGO Network Road, Kyeemyindine Township, 11101, Yangon √ Dr. Phone Myint MRCS building, 151. MRCS Operations Manager Nargis Operations Management Unit Myanmar Red Cross Society 42 Strand road, Botataung township, 11191, Yangon √ Mr. Sid Naing Marie Stopes International (MSI) in Myanmar 152. MSI Country Director 524/10, New University Avenue Road, Saya San Marie Stopes International (MSI) in Myanmar Ward, Bahan Township, 11201 NRC √ Joern Kristensen, 153. NRC No. 68 ,Than Lwin Road, Bahan Township,P.O.Box Country Director 48 Yangon, Myanmar √ Jonathan Ardell Kline No. 64, Khay Mar Thi Street, Michaung Kan 3 154. Samaritan's Purse Acting Country Director/Livelihoods Program Quarter Thin Kan Chaung Township Manager √ Mr. Daniel Collison Save the Children 155. SC Director of Programmes Wizaya Plaza,226 U Wizara Road,1st & 3rd Floor Save the Children ,Bahan Township,Yangon Social Vision Services (LNGO) √ Mr. Su Tin 156. SVS No.64, Sein Yadanar Street, Aung Myay Tharsi Chiarman Housing, Kamaryut Township, Yangon, Myanmar. OCHA (Office for the Coordination of √ Thierry Delbreuve 157. UN OCHA Humanitarian Affairs)

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UNFPA Pag √ Mr. Mohamed Abdel-Ahad 158. UNFPA 6 Natmauk Road, Tamwe Township,Yangon P.O. UNFPA Representative Box 650

Delegates from Private Donors No. Organization Name Address IDB, Suite 1,Level 13, Menara Bank Pembangunan √ Johan Khalidi Mohd Mokhtazar Islamic Development Bank Bandar Wawasan 159. Operations / Programme Officer (KL office) Jalan Sultan Ismail Islamic Development Bank (KL office) 50250 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Delegates from Private Sector in Myanmar No. Organization Name Address Myanmar business Coalition on AIDS Myanmar business √ Martin Chi Cheong Pun, FMI Centre 10th Floor, 380 Bogyoke Aung San 160. Coalition on AIDS Chairman St.Pabedan T/S, Yangon Myanmar

Delegates from ASEAN Secretariat Country/ No. Name Address Organization √ H.E. Surin Pitsuwan The ASEAN Secretariat 161. The ASEAN Secretariat Secretary General 70 A Jl. Sisingamangaraja Jakarta 12220, Indonesia Cross-Sectoral Cooperation ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) √ Mr. Dhannan Sunoto 162. The ASEAN Secretariat Department Director 70 A Jl. Sisingamangaraja Jakarta 12220, Indonesia Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Division √ Mr. Dedy Wiredja ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) 163. The ASEAN Secretariat Senior Officer Department 70 A Jl. Sisingamangaraja Jakarta 12220, Indonesia

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Secretariat Staff from Coordinating Office for Humanitarian Task Force Office in Yangon Country/ No. Name Address Organization Mr. Said Faisal 164. CoAHTF Donor Coordination CoAHTF Ms. Lilianne Fan 165. Advisor CoAHTF Mr. Denzil Abel 166. Strategic Support Manager CoAHTF Ms. Mai Tang 167. The Coordinating Office for the ASEAN Communications and Stakeholder Relations Coordinator Humanitarian Task Force Mr. Philipp Danao No. 79, Tawin Road CoAHTF Coordinator - ASEAN Volunteers and Project Management 168. Dagon Township Focal Person - ASEAN Staff based in RHO Pyapon and Yangon Bogale CoAHTF Mr. Anggiet Ariefianto 169. Regional Institutional Development Officer CoAHTF Kenneth Gyaw @ Kyaw Myat Thar 170. Technical Officer, Strategic Support CoAHTF Ms. May Thaw Dar 171. Personal Assistant to Special Envoy of ASEAN Recovery Coordination Centre (RCC), Ms. Lwin Lwin Aung @ Ms. Lwin Myat Noe Tripartite Core Group (ASEAN, GoUM and UN) 172. RCC Recovery Forum/Tripartite Core Group Secretariat Officer Chatrium Hotel Yangon (Nikko Hotel) (RF/TCG SO) 40, Natmauk Road, Tamwe Township Yangon, Union of Myanmar

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Annex 2: Opening Remarks By H.E. Mr. Chavarat Charnvirakul, Minister of Interior Royal Kingdom of Thailand

at the Post-Nargis Regional Partnership Conference Bangkok, 25 November 2009 ------

H.E. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan Secretary-General of ASEAN and Chairman of the ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force,

H.E. Ms. Noeleen Hayzer Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the UN ESCAP

H.E. U Kyaw Thu Chairman of the Civil Service Selection and Training Board of Myanmar and Chairman of the Tripartite Core Group (TCG),

Excellencies, Distinguished Participants,

On behalf of the Royal Thai Government and ASEAN Chair, I would like to extend my warmest welcome to all distinguished participants to the Post-Nargis Regional Partnership Conference in Bangkok this morning.

I would also like to extend my sincere appreciation to noble efforts of the ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force led by H.E. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan himself, the United Nations and, especially to TCG which is an ASEAN-led humanitarian mechanism in laying down a comprehensive framework for relief, reconstruction and rehabilitation process for the people of Myanmar affected by the Nargis Cyclone. The video presentation that we have seen just now clearly showed tragic and great loss caused by the Cyclone on 2 May 2008. Over 140,000 people of Myanmar lost their lives, while other 2.4 million people have since affected by the calamity. Systematic relief and recovery efforts under the framework of TCG over the past year greatly made contribution to bring them back to their normal lives. However, the situation of many Cyclone survivors is still extremely vulnerable and there are still vast humanitarian needs in the Delta that require urgent attention.

ASEAN member countries have during the past year actively engaged in the TCG’s endeavours in the spirit of unity, caring and sharing community, as well as commitment to assisting the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar

rebuild their lives from terrible devastation. As the mandate of the ASEAN-led coordination mechanism draws to and end in 7 3 July 2010, this is an opportunity that we will have as an international community to pledge our support to victims of Cyclone e Pag

Nargis. I am pleased to learn from the Secretary-General of ASEAN that a number of high-level representatives from non- ASEAN countries, international organizations and civil societies have also been invited to participate in today’s event. Forging synergies with various likeminded stakeholders and development partners are meaningful to the on-going humanitarian relief, recovery efforts and ways forward.

Excellencies, Distinguished Participants,

As an immediate neighbour and friend, Thailand was the first country which sent donation, medical team and relief supplies to Myanmar. Head of the Government of Thailand was the first leader traveling to Myanmar to make assessment of the situation. Donations for humanitarian relief in an approximate amount of US 12 million dollars were made by the Thai Royal Family, the Royal Thai Government and Thai people from all walks of life within the very month which the Cyclone struck Myanmar.

Up to present, Thailand has contributed more than US 27.3 million dollars to the Post-Nargis relief and recovery operation under the TCG. We will continue our active support to the PONREPP (Post Nargis Recovery and Preparedness Plan) framework as identified by TCG. Several pipelined projects under the Royal Patronage of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn in providing equipments, technical assistances and agricultural training, namely, a Cyclone Shelter in Kadonkani Village (Bogale Township), agricultural training for the community in the Village, the renovation of National Blood Center in Yangon including medical equipments in the Center, the construction of rural health center in Taman Village and 16-bed hospital in Daw Nyein Village, Pyapon Township. These efforts will compliment the PONREPP (Post Nargis Recovery and Preparedness Plan) Action Plan and be fully operational soon.

Excellencies, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen,

As you are aware, we are approaching the end of the period of Thailand’s Chairmanship of ASEAN, and in January the Government of Viet Nam will assume this august role. Throughout the period of our Chairmanship, the Post- Nargis recovery effort, and ASEAN’s critical role in it, has remained a priority on our agenda.

In closing, I would like to observe that as ASEAN continues on its journey to create a caring sharing ASEAN Community by the 2015, our collective response to the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis may be seen as a successful demonstration of the benefits of closer cooperation, broader integration and multi-stakeholder partnerships.

With this, I open the Post-Nargis and Regional Partnership Conference, and wish you all a successful event that allow us to continue our important assistance to the victims of Cyclone Nargis.

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Annex 3: Opening Remarks of Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of ASEAN

AT THE POST-NARGIS AND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE: STOCK-TAKING, CRITICAL NEEDS, AND LESSONS LEARNED 25 NOVEMBER 2009, BANGKOK, THAILAND

H.E. Mr. Chaovarat Chanweerakul, Minister of Interior, the Royal Thai Government; H.E. Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP; H.E. U Kyaw Thu, Chairman of the Civil Service Selection and Training Board, the Government of the Union of Myanmar, and Chairman of the Tripartite Core Group; Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, 1. Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, it is my honour to welcome you to the Post-Nargis and Regional Partnership Conference, in my capacity as Secretary-General of ASEAN, as Humanitarian Coordinator for ASEAN, and as Chair of the ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force for the Victims of Cyclone Nargis. 2. First, please allow me to extend my deepest gratitude to H.E. Mr. Chaovarat Chanweerakul, Minister of the Interior, the Royal Thai Government for his distinguished presence here which signifies the support of the Royal Thai Government to our endeavours. 3. I would also like express my highest appreciation to H.E. Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Under Secretary-General of the United Nations who has given us full support in making this event a reality, bringing the spirit of togetherness and cooperation between ASEAN, UN and the international community in our initiatives to help the people and the victims of Cyclone Nargis. In recognition and reciprocation of this partnership, I would like to invite Madame USG to co-chair today’s conference with me. 4. We all recall the terrible devastation that Cyclone Nargis caused after making landfall in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta on 2 and 3 May 2008. More than 140,000 people were killed or rendered missing, and up to 2.4 million people across more than 50 townships were affected. 5. We also recall that in response to the unprecedented disaster a unique and historic partnership between ASEAN, the Government of Myanmar, the United Nations and the wider international humanitarian community was forged to coordinate and facilitate international assistance to cyclone-affected communities. At a Special Meeting of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers on 19 May 2008 in Singapore, ASEAN Foreign Ministers agreed to establish an ASEAN-led mechanism, the ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force for the Victims of Cyclone Nargis, to facilitate effective distribution and utilization of assistance from the international community and incoming international assistance to support Government of Myanmar’s ongoing relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts. The AHTF, on which I serve as Chair,

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6. For the purpose of day-to-day operation, the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) was set up following the decision of the 1st AHTF Meeting and with support from the ASEAN-UN International Pledging Conference held on 25 May 2008 in Yangon. The TCG mechanism provided the opportunity and platform for international governments and international aid agencies to participate in providing direct assistance to the survivors of Cyclone Nargis. 7. The journey of recovery has been marked by many significant milestones. For ASEAN, the experience in coordinating the post-Nargis recovery effort has been a rite of passage. Cyclone Nargis occurred on the eve of the ASEAN Charter, a critical juncture in our region’s progressive integration. ASEAN’s leading role in the response was an opportunity to begin working towards the goals of the Charter, such as bringing ASEAN closer to local communities, enhancing the well-being and livelihood of the peoples, alleviating poverty and narrowing the development gap of ASEAN through close cooperation with civil society, national and international agencies. Nargis has also challenged us to draw upon our resources at every step, for the first time, launching the ASEAN Youth Volunteer program in the Delta. ASEAN’s partnership with the civil society in the implementation of these projects does not only enhance people’s well-being and livelihoods, building more resilient communities but also empowers the communities. 8. But while much has been done, there are many affected communities across the Delta who are still highly vulnerable and require urgent continued humanitarian assistance, especially in the areas of shelter, livelihoods, water, sanitation and hygiene, education and health. If support is not forthcoming soon, gains made over the past 18 months will be quickly lost, and the window to provide timely assistance will close. 9. At the 42nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Phuket on 20th July 2009, ASEAN Foreign Ministers approved six recommendations from the Chair of the ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force. These recommendations lay out three main priorities: Addressing outstanding critical needs through TCG; work with the Government of Myanmar to develop a transition strategy to ensure the sustainability of recovery efforts; and document and institutionalize best practice to strengthen ASEAN’s capacity to respond to future disasters. 10. The Ministers also called for the PONREPP be reviewed to take into consideration priority deliverables up to July 2010, when the AHTF and TCG mandate ends. In response to the call from the Ministers, the TCG and its partners in the humanitarian community have completed a prioritized PONREPP Action Plan to meet outstanding critical humanitarian needs. 11. The Prioritized Action Plan sets out a response to the critical humanitarian needs of affected communities in the areas of Shelter, Livelihoods, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, Education and Health with cross-cutting issues of Disaster Risk Reduction and Environment. The USD 103 million identified in the Prioritized Action Plan is part of the overall recovery funding needs identified as USD 691 million in the PONREPP over the three-year period of 2009 to 2011. What the Action Plan focuses on are priority needs between now and July 2010, when the mandate of the TCG draws to an end. 12. In this regard, ASEAN is seeking support and funding commitments from ASEAN Member States and the international community to the PONREPP Prioritized Action Plan to seize this window of opportunity to meet critical, outstanding humanitarian needs and provide essential recovery for the people worst affected by Cyclone Nargis. 13. At the 15th ASEAN Summit in Hua Hin on 22 October 2009, ASEAN Foreign Ministers welcomed the PONREPP

Prioritized Action Plan and have confirmed their renewed support and contributions for post-Nargis recovery efforts, 0 4

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commit to 20% against the PONREPP Prioritized Action Plan, and so far I have received confirmation from several Member States on their commitment to the Action Plan. ASEAN will continue to work on fulfilling its commitment to the Action Plan, and I hope that the donor community will be generous with their support. I would be grateful if we all can make use the opportunity provided by this conference later this morning to pledge our support to the Prioritized Action Plan. 14. In view of the rising incidents of natural disasters in the ASEAN region over the past few years, the ASEAN Leaders during the 15th ASEAN Summit also pledged to enhance ASEAN’s cooperation in the areas of disaster management and emergency response. Noting that the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) will enter into force by the end of the year, the Leaders have instructed our senior officials to ensure full operationalisation of the Agreement, including making sure that our mechanisms will be more responsive and effective. With this new legally-binding agreement and ASEAN’s collective experiences in managing major disasters in the last five years, ASEAN will have to, and is expected to, play a role in saving the lives of our peoples and in making the ASEAN’s communities more prepared and disaster-resilient. 15. The ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force has come a long way in a short period of time. We were able to do so because we listened and we learned. We listened to affected communities, to the Government of Myanmar, to our colleagues from the UN and non-governmental organizations. And we learned, and applied what we learned and what we heard, and we will continue to do so to further enhance our humanitarian response capability for the remaining months of our post-Nargis mission in the Ayeyarwady Delta, and for the future. In capitalizing the post-Nargis experience and good practices, ASEAN has started to document our lessons learned from the experience of managing post-Nargis disaster. You can see this effort in one of the publications prepared for the Conference. We would like to invite all of you to collaborate with us over the coming months in the production of a joint Post-Nargis Lessons Learned document (PONLEARN). 16. I would like to thank all of you, from the Government of Myanmar, the United Nations, ASEAN Member States, the donor community, the NGO community, and all those who have supported the partnership that has made possible the recovery efforts to assist the victims of Cyclone Nargis. I would like to extend my special thanks and recognition to H.E. U Kyaw Thu, in his role as TCG Chairman, for his leadership in facilitating the coordination between the Government of Myanmar and the international community for an accelerated effort to help the survivors of Cyclone Nargis. My special appreciation also goes to H.E. Bansarn Bunnag, the Ambassador of Thailand to Myanmar who has served as the senior ASEAN Member of the TCG for one year and will end his term by the end of this year. I welcome H.E. Mr. Chu Cong Phung, Ambassador of Vietnam to Myanmar, who will assume the role as senior ASEAN member to the TCG in January next year in conjunction with the commencement of Vietnam’s Chairmanship of ASEAN. 17. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to emphasize that it is both our collective humanitarian responsibility and our moral duty to take action and increase assistance to those still struggling to get back on their feet - we must finish the job we embarked upon together! The human risks of NOT acting, not fulfilling our obligations, are too high and unacceptable to me as I know they are to you. 18. With this, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I look forward to a constructive and meaningful 41 41

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Annex 4: Opening Remarks of H.E. Dr. Noeleen Heyzer Under Secretary General of the United National and the Executive Secretary of Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Post Nargis & Regional Partnership Conference Stocktaking -Critical Needs and Lessons Learned 25th November 2009 Bangkok

H.E. Mr. Chaovarat Chanweerakul Minister of Interior, the Royal Thai Government; H.E. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General of ASEAN, Chairman of the ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force; H.E. U Kyaw Thu, Chairman of the Civil Service Selection and Training Board, Chairman of the Tripartite Core Group; Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and gentlemen,

1. It is my honour to welcome you to the United Nations today, and to the “Post-Nargis and Regional Partnership Conference”. This event marks several important milestones in the Post-Nargis recovery effort. Firstly, we are gathered here in the spirit of partnership to take stock of what has been achieved in the post-Nargis effort so far. It has been 18 months since Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta. It was the worst natural disaster in Myanmar’s history, and the eighth strongest cyclone ever recorded globally. This terrible disaster brought about untold destruction and loss, claiming 140,000 lives and affecting 2.4 million people. But it also gave birth to a partnership of historical significance, the establishment of an ASEAN-led coordination mechanism-- the ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force, and the Tripartite Core Group, consisting of ASEAN, the Government of Myanmar, and the United Nations-- which has made it possible for assistance from the international community to reach the victims of Cyclone Nargis in a timely, effective, and accountable manner. We look forward to hearing from our colleagues from the Tripartite Core Group and the humanitarian community in Myanmar about the achievements of this disaster recovery response thus far.

2. Secondly, we are here to listen to the remaining critical needs of the survivors of Cyclone Nargis. While many Nargis- affected communities have successfully embarked on the road to recovery, many others remain highly vulnerable, with critical humanitarian needs that must be urgently met. Today, we will hear from the international humanitarian community who have been working in the Delta about the nature of these outstanding critical needs and about the plan for delivering priority assistance to these vulnerable communities over the coming months. Many of you will remember that on 9 February 2009, the

Post-Nargis Recovery and Preparedness Plan (PONREPP) was launched in this very building. The PONREPP laid out a 2 4 three-year recovery plan for Nargis-affected communities. Over the past few months, the international recovery community in e Pag

Myanmar, guided and supported by the Tripartite Core Group, have reviewed the PONREPP and developed a PONREPP Prioritized Action Plan, which highlights outstanding critical humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable Cyclone survivors and prioritizes deliverables up to July 2010, when the mandate of the TCG comes to an end. The PONREPP Action Plan requires funding of USD 103 million, and I call on all of us here today to renew our collective commitment to support the recovery of Nargis survivors.

3. The third reason we are here today is to learn key lessons from the post-Nargis recovery efforts so far, to inform the region’s capacity to respond to natural disasters in the future. Asia-Pacific is the most disaster-prone region in the world, and I am pleased to note that ASEAN has not lost the opportunity to build upon this experience. As H.E. Mr. Secretary-General of ASEAN has told us, the new regional disaster framework, the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) has now been fully ratified by all 10 ASEAN member-states and is due to enter into force by the end of this year. In this regard, the exemplary regional-level partnership between the UN, ASEAN, and our joint member-state Myanmar has much to offer in terms of best practice and lessons learned to enhance the effective operationalization of this new regional arrangement.

4. The success of the ASEAN-led mechanism, comprised of the ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force and the Tripartite Core Group, has been recognized internationally, and has been due to the tireless and ongoing commitment of ASEAN, the Government of Myanmar, the UN Country Team and the entire humanitarian community in Myanmar. The post-Nargis recovery effort has generated an impressive number of assessment and monitoring tools, including the Post-Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA), the Periodic Reviews I and II, and the Social Impact Monitoring initiative, which have allowed the humanitarian community in Myanmar to objectively assess and monitor the impact of the cyclone, determine recovery requirements for both humanitarian assistance as well as longer term recovery, and establish a baseline for monitoring the progress of these efforts. These innovative programmes, all implemented through multi-stakeholder processes, should be documented and made available as disaster-response tools not only for the Asia-Pacific region, but for post-disaster efforts around the world. ESCAP is pleased to have contributed to these processes, and to have convened, together with ASEAN, the Regional High-level Expert Group Meeting on Post-Nargis Recovery and Livelihood Opportunities in Myanmar

Mr. Secretary-General, I would like to take this opportunity to re-affirm the UN’s commitment to supporting and working with ASEAN, and you have my promise that the UN family will work to ensure that the lessons learned from the post-Nargis experience are shared with other Member States as well as globally throughout the UN system.

Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen,

5. The post-Nargis recovery effort has been guided by the philosophy of ‘build back better’, clearly articulated in the Post- Nargis Recovery and Preparedness Plan (PONREPP). Today, however, we are in danger of falling short of our promise to the people of the Ayeywarwady Delta. International support for the post-Nargis recovery effort has helped open an extraordinary window of opportunity for the international humanitarian community to work with ASEAN and the Government of Myanmar. 43 43 However, so far only a small portion of the total appeal for humanitarian assistance has been met by the international e Pag

community. If we are to continue our work to the victims of Cyclone Nargis, additional resources are urgently needed. I give you all my personal assurances that I will work closely with ASEAN and the UN system to encourage donor support for the post-Nargis recovery efforts. I would also like to encourage the Government of Myanmar to continue facilitating full and unimpeded humanitarian access for international humanitarian workers -including the timely issuing of visas. This is an important opportunity for the Government of Myanmar to continue to demonstrate its willingness to cooperate with the international community and will help lay the groundwork for future development assistance in other areas.

6. Through our joint work in post-Nargis recovery, the international community, working with ASEAN and the Government of Myanmar, would like to leave a legacy that can be built upon to pave the way for Myanmar’s long-term prosperity. We must build upon the momentum we have created, if Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s vision for Myanmar’s greater socio-economic integration1 with the rest of the region is to be realized. We must also recognize that the region and the world have much to gain from a stable, prosperous Myanmar.

7. In closing, I would like to thank and commend ASEAN for its leadership in convening this important conference. It is our shared responsibility to make good on our commitments and to complete the good work that we have embarked upon together 18 months ago, while at the same time ensuring that these commitments do not divert resources from other urgent needs, both in Myanmar and throughout the region. I call upon all of you here today to rise to this challenge to fulfill our common responsibility and commitment as a united humanitarian community.

I thank you.

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Annex 5: Opening Remarks of H.E. U Kyaw Thu Chairman of the Civil Service Selection and Training Board and Chairman of the Tripartite Core Group, Myanmar

at the Post-Nargis Regional Partnership Conference,

Bangkok, 25 November 2009

Excellencies, Minister for Foreign Affairs Government of Thailand, Secretary-General of ASEAN and Under Secretary General of the United Nations, Excellencies of the Diplomatic Corps, Fellow colleagues of the TCG, Representatives of the Government of the Union of Myanmar, ASEAN and UN, and the international and local humanitarian community Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my great honor on behalf of the TCG to be here today, at the Post-Nargis and Regional Partnership Conference, hosted by the ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the donor community, ASEAN, the UN Agencies and the entire humanitarian community for your untiring commitment to alleviate the hardship and improve the lives of those affected by Cyclone Nargis and for your contribution to the progress made to date.

In light of the recent multiple disasters affecting the ASEAN Region, allow me to extend my deep sympathy on behalf of the Myanmar Government to the victims of typhoons that recently hit several neighboring ASEAN countries including the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos in late September. My sincere condolences also goes to the victims of a destructive earthquake that struck the West-Sumatra province of Indonesia at the end of September. In this occasion, I would like to take this opportunity to urge the international communities to continuously devote serious attention and support for those affected countries. The Government of Myanmar, apart from support that we have given to the affected countries in the region, would like also to share our experiences and lessons learned from our experiences in managing post Cyclone Nargis disaster. It is our keen interest to return the favor of our neighboring countries which has assisted us tremendously during our time of hardship. We would like to inform you that we stand ready to share our lessons and experiences and to be part of your recovery efforts.

Excellencies, Distinguished Guest, Ladies and Gentlemen, 45 e Following Cyclone Nargis, the Myanmar Government, the United Nations and the ASEAN established the Tripartite Core Group Pag (TCG) to undertake relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction works in the affected areas. The success of the TCG has been

largely due to the relationship of confidence and trust that has been fostered between the Government, ASEAN, United Nations, and through the international community. TCG has been acknowledged as an exemplary mechanism for future disaster relief and rehabilitation undertakings. By December 2008, under the auspices of the TCG, the Post-Nargis Recovery and Preparedness Plan (PONREPP) was developed for the period of 2009 to 2011.

It is important to: take stock of the progress made in both relief and recovery efforts; reflect on the scale of outstanding critical humanitarian needs in affected communities; and, review resources available and required to meet these needs.

Whilst many Nargis-affected communities have embarked on a road to recovery, others have critical humanitarian needs that must be met now or their already high vulnerability will increase further. Lessons from other large-scale disasters show that if we falter or fail in following-up our assistance, the success of our joint efforts to date may be short-lived and recovery will remain elusive for many affected communities.

It has been 18 months since the TCG was formed following the Special ASEAN Ministerial Meeting held on 19th May 2008 in Singapore, and the ASEAN - United Nations International Pledging Conference held on 25th May in Yangon. And nearly ten months since the PONREPP launch on 9 February 2009, implementation of recovery efforts within the PONREPP framework is ongoing amidst increasingly challenging operational environment, including limited donor funding. PONREPP will require US$ 691 million over a period of three years. To date, only US$ 120 million has been tentatively pledged and this money has not been fully released. The lack of funds has had a serious impact on operations and a detrimental effect on recovery efforts. The Government of Myanmar has also been carrying out many disaster preventions and public awareness activities relying on their own funds and resources. These include mega projects such as construction of 10 new roads for Ayeyarwady Division Road Network Development, building of 129 bridges, construction of 20 multi-purpose Cyclone shelters of 500 and 300 capacity which can be used as 19 schools and 1 hospital in normal time and as safer shelters in the event of disaster, construction of 17 Hillocks with suitable height and length designed by Departments of irrigation. In addition to that, the Department of Forestry in cooperation with FREDA and JICA has re-cultivated 1900 acres of mangrove plantations, over 2,600 coconut trees and 5,300 acres of trees were planted as wind breakers in the Ayeyarwady Division. In order to strengthen and enhance disaster preparedness, prevention and relief measures through-out the country, the Relief and Resettlement Department has been up- graded with much more number of staff and 41 Districts level offices have been opened. Stockpiling of relief goods and emergency supplies have been readily stocked in warehouses of 14 States and Divisions for rapid distribution in case of disaster. Various Public awareness training and Disaster Management Courses have been conducted. However, given the large scale of recovery needs, if more funds are forthcoming and donors fulfill their pledges, the recovery process would be speedier and more effective.

If I may quote our Prime Minister’s statement delivered during the recent UN General Assembly in New York: “the Myanmar Government and the people of the affected areas will always remain grateful to the individuals, organizations, and the international community at large for the generous help and assistance extended to us during our hour of need. I would like to take this opportunity to add my personal thanks to the UN Agencies, international and local NGOs, ASEAN and other humanitarian partners that are, as I speak, delivering support to the cyclone-affected people”.

It is vital that all actors, including ASEAN, donors, and international humanitarian community in cooperation with the government

of Myanmar continue to direct our efforts in a coordinated manner. Full commitment and support is needed from all those 6 4 involved, in order to reach an acceptable standard of recovery for all those who had been affected. Allow me to underline, that e continued generous support is urgently needed for this to be achieved. Pag

Excellencies, Distinguished Guest, Ladies and Gentlemen,

The prioritized PONREPP Action Plan is the result of a review of the PONREPP outcomes against outstanding critical needs, taking account of the capacity to deliver the assistance needed between now and the current TCG mandate of July 2010. The review was conducted through a series of intensive multi-stakeholder consultations, involving the Government of Myanmar, United Nations agencies, and local and international non-governmental organizations implementing post-Nargis programmes in the cyclone-affected areas over several weeks in August and September 2009.

The Prioritized Action Plan amounting to USD 103 million highlights precisely those critical, outstanding humanitarian needs in the Delta, and sets out a realistic plan for assistance which can be delivered in the sectors of shelter, livelihoods, Water- Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), education and health to end of July 2010. The Prioritized Action Plan is part of the overall recovery funding needs identified as USD 691 million in the PONREPP over the three-year period of 2009 to 2011. It is important to stress that USD 103 million is the priority needs between now and July 2010.

While many cyclone-affected communities have embarked on a road to recovery over the past 18 months, communities in very remote areas still have outstanding critical needs that require continued humanitarian assistance. This was the findings of the Periodic Review II, supported by reports from humanitarian agencies operating in the Delta. I would like to take this opportunity to request for your continued kind support to the post-Nargis efforts, with particular attention of the priority needs identified in the Prioritized Action Plan.

Excellencies, Distinguished Guest, Ladies and Gentlemen,

The TCG mechanism which has been created since May last year has been working efficiently in facilitating distribution and utilization of assistance from the international community to support the Government of Myanmar’s relief and recovery efforts. The aim of the TCG is to facilitate trust, confidence and cooperation between Myanmar and the international community in undertaking the urgent humanitarian relief and recovery work following the Cyclone Nargis.

The mandate of the TCG has been extended until July 2010, which reflects the Government of Myanmar’s trust in the TCG partners to continue helping the cyclone-affected people. Allow me on this important occasion to report on several key achievements which have been performed by the TCG since its establishment to date, as per following:

Facilitation of unimpeded access for humanitarian workers through granting of nearly 4,000 visas during the emergency relief period comprehensive assessment of need, loss and damage through the Post-Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA), Monitoring to inform humanitarian assistance strategies and programme change to benefit affected communities through the Periodic Reviews and Social Impacts Monitoring, the PONREPP which provides a framework for medium and long-term recovery to promote productive lives, healthy lives and protected lives, strengthening humanitarian coordination at the township level and sustaining a coordinated effort as recovery enters the medium to long-term stage based on the guiding framework articulated in

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I would like to use this opportunity to again credit all who have contributed in the tremendous efforts that has been done in the relief phase and that has continued over in the early recovery and medium-term recovery phase: our friends and colleagues of UN- including agencies such as UNDP, UNICEF, WFP, FAO, UN Habitat, WHO-, ASEAN, international and Myanmar NGOs, and other humanitarian partners, such as the International Red Cross/Red Cress Movement and IOM. The situation on the ground today shows us that our joint relief efforts to a large extent have been successful. However, when you visit the areas where the cyclone so violently ravaged the communities, it is also easy to see that the road to full recovery will take many more years. More livestock needs to be replaced. More livelihoods opportunities must be developed. More qualified teachers are needed, and more schools must be rebuilt. Especially needed are cyclone shelters which can be utilized as schools or rural health clinics in time of normalcy, and also ways and means of providing clean hygienic water. Now that the monsoon season is over and we are entering the dry season.

On behalf of the Government of Myanmar, may I remind the audience here today, on our joint responsibility to commit our outmost efforts to speed up the recovery process, so that the people living in areas that are prone to natural disasters can be better prepared, and feel safer. We will never forget the day cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar. Today, we need to renew our joint commitment to ensure that the affected communities never again will suffer as much as they did because of Nargis, by ‘building back better’ and achieving a successful implementation of the PONREPP.

Allow me to conclude that as Chair of the TCG, I wish to express on behalf of the affected people, our heartfelt thanks to the governments and peoples of all countries and organizations who have contributed towards Nargis relief and recovery, and for their continued generosity and kind assistance. To alleviate the critical situation still faced by many in the Delta, we request all humanitarian partners, donors – both public and private, and members of the international community to continue to prioritize support to humanitarian and recovery efforts for areas affected by Cyclone Nargis and to advocate with us for the resources needed to deliver the prioritized PONREPP Action Plan.

Thank you.

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Annex 6: Statement of Mr. Bishow Parajuli, UN Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar

Post-Nargis and Regional Partnership Conference Overview and Way Forward: Stock-taking and Critical Needs

25 November 2009

Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Good morning. It is my honor to be here today to share with you highlights of the achievements over the past 18 months and the challenges we face.

While my colleague from the ASEAN, Dr. William Sabandar, will be sharing with you the technical and operational aspects, allow me to first highlight some broad overarching issues.

Post-Nargis Humanitarian Efforts and Role of TCG

As the TCG Chairman, H.E. U Kyaw Thu, has highlighted in his statement, post-Nargis humanitarian efforts have been well coordinated and conducted in a transparent and accountable manner. TCG has been instrumental in ensuring smooth, efficient and effective post-Nargis response. Full and unimpeded humanitarian access has been granted to post-Nargis efforts, without which such large-scale delivery of international aid would not have been possible. It is important for these support from the Government to be continued. The support provided by the TCG has also been critical for building strategic partnership based on trust and confidence between the Government and the international community.

The successful cooperation and coordination under the TCG framework would need to continue further, in delivery of needed humanitarian and recovery support. While the current TCG mandate is until July 2010, given the recovery needs in the Delta, cooperation between the Government and the international community would need to continue well beyond mid-next year. Should the TCG end in July, it would be extremely important to have an alternative effective mechanism of cooperation and coordination of humanitarian efforts in the Delta.

Indeed, given the socio-economic challenges, other parts of the country would also benefit from enhanced cooperation. We would need to build on the success of the post-Nargis humanitarian partnership and strengthen the cooperation beyond the Delta.

Furthermore, TCG is a model that can be replicated within Myanmar and in other post-disaster countries in the Southeast Asia region. We in Myanmar can also learn from the countries in the Southeast Asia region regarding models of socio-economic cooperation and partnership between the Government and the international community.

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the important contribution made by Thailand as the current Chair of ASEAN, and I would like to personally thank Ambassador Bansarn Bunnag of Thailand, who is not only an excellent partner but also a 49 49 dear friend, for his active role and tireless efforts over the past year. We look forward to an equally great partnership with the e new Chair of ASEAN, Vietnam, and Ambassador Chu Chong Phung. Pag

Cooperation between ASEAN and the UN has been invaluable- special thanks to the ASEAN Secretary-General, Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, for his personal commitment and support towards this innovative partnership. We look forward to ASEAN’s continued cooperation with the UN and humanitarian actors on the ground.

Aid Delivery and Resourcing

In the past 18 months, the international humanitarian community complemented the Government efforts in providing humanitarian assistance to the cyclone-affected people. In so doing, we received high-level of financial support from the international community: of the total USD 477 million requested for humanitarian assistance through the Revised Appeal, over 69%- or USD 330 million- was received over the period of May 2008 to end June 2009.

The successful efforts over the past 18 months and earlier have proven that it is possible for the international community to deliver large volume of humanitarian support to the people on the ground in a transparent and accountable manner.

There is also a general consensus amongst the humanitarian actors in-country on the need to scale-up assistance in Myanmar. In this context, I would like to share with you that the UN together with our humanitarian partners are looking forward to scale up our support to the Northern Rakhine State and other vulnerable areas in a joint, coordinated manner.

Highlight of Key Achievements

The generous contribution from the international community to post-Nargis relief and early recovery efforts allowed us to achieve a great deal in alleviating suffering and preventing a second wave of deaths. For example, to date: 1.1 million people received food aid; 27,800 children were provided with nutrition support; 504,000 children benefited from education support; 1,400 schools were repaired; 930,000 patients received health consultations; 25,000 totally destroyed houses were re-built; 3,500 ponds have been cleaned; 50,000 latrines were constructed; and, 200,000 HHs received agriculture and livelihood support.

Recovery Needs in the Delta

Given the vast devastation severely affecting 2.4 million people, the need for continued support from the international community for recovery efforts remains despite continued efforts from the Government and the international community. As many of you are familiar, the recovery needs of the cyclone-affected communities are outlined in the three-year Post-Nargis Recovery and Preparedness Plan (PONREPP) (2009-2011), developed jointly under the auspices of the TCG, with an estimated cost requirement of USD 691 million. Indeed, many of you were here in this building on 9 February this year, when the PONREPP was launched, the initiative much supported by you.

To date, estimated USD 120 million has been committed against the PONREPP. The disappointingly low level of funding, combined with slow trickling down of resources, unfortunately means that the critical needs are not being met. Indeed, UN Agencies and international NGOs unanimously agree that the biggest operational challenge now is the limited level of funding.

PONREPP Prioritized Action Plan, jointly prepared by the humanitarian agencies, highlights critical, outstanding humanitarian needs in the Delta between now and July 2010. The Plan covers: shelter; livelihoods; WASH; education; and, health sectors. While not part of the Prioritized Action Plan, the importance of access to credit in the Delta must also be stressed.

As repeatedly appealed, the shelter needs are of particular grave concern. Of the estimated 752,000 HHs whose houses were damaged and destructed, an estimated 152,000 HHs, or 20%, received minimal emergency shelter assistance. Such temporary, emergency shelters that were distributed with donor support in the immediate aftermath of Cyclone Nargis have withheld two monsoon seasons. Now, 18 months on, a conservative estimate suggests 178,000 HHs require urgent shelter assistance. This point was also illustrated in the video we’d seen earlier today. Secure, safe and dignified shelter is a platform for recovery, which various recovery efforts depend upon. Shelter is a basic humanitarian need that must be prioritized. Yet, it is unfortunately not part of existing funding mechanisms, such as LIFT.

While appealing for your support for the needs outlined in the Prioritized Action Plan, it is a pleasure to note the efforts of ASEAN

to mobilize 20% of the needs from within ASEAN countries. I would also like to stress that USD 103 million is only the prioritized 0 5 needs between yesterday and July 2010. The overall recovery needs are much greater, and this we must not overlook. e

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Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Before I give the floor to Dr. Willy, I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate my appreciation for your support to post-Nargis efforts to date. As I outlined, achievements have been made over the past 18 months, and there is a need to continue to move forward. A joint UN-ASEAN coordination mechanism is in place both at Yangon- and field-levels to manage and support the coordination of recovery efforts in the cyclone-affected communities. Indeed, the Recovery Coordination Centre and Recovery Hub Office structure is an example of UN-ASEAN cooperation and coordination mechanism that can be replicated in other ASEAN countries.

There is a lot to be done to help people to fully recover. For that, I would like to urge for your continued assistance.

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ON 2-3 MAY 2008 A MEGA DISASTER CYCLONE NARGIS STRUCK MYANMAR

140,000 people dead or missing

2.4 million people severely affected

4.1 USD billion losses and damage

8TH deadliest disaster in the world

THE WORST natural disaster in the history of Myanmar

Comparable with the Tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia

together for Nargis survivors – together for humanity THE WORLD RESPONDED QUICKLY ..THANKS FOR THE COMMITMENT AND SUPPORTS! FLASH APPEAL USD 69.2% 37,444,085

USD 477 million

USD 330 million

Pledged Committed

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BUT.. CONTINUED COMMITMENT AND SUPPORT ARE CRITICALLY NEEDED…

USD 691 Post – Nargis Recovery and million Preparedness Plan (PONREPP)

• A three –year medium-term recovery plan , from January 2009 through December 2011

• Developed jointly by international community, the ASEAN, the UN ,and the Government of the Union of Myanmar, drawing the views and experiences of affected communities

17.4% • A framework for channeling international community assistance, complementing US20SD 120 Gt‘ttilGovernment ‘s reconstruction plan million • Suggest the recovery coordination structure up to December 2011

PONREPP Committed

together for Nargis survivors – together for humanity PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE.. Examples of Deliverables from January to October 2009* 17,496 new shelters provided 31,015 shelters rehabilitated 29,265 households assisted with materials 10, 332 metric tonnes of rice seeds distributed 9, 117 power tillers distributed 25,029 fishing boats provided 9,365 children provided with therapeutic and supplementary feeding 843 units of health facilities regularly supplied with drugs 469,386 pregnant/lactating women provided with micronutrient 9 child friendly schools constructed 2,777 primary school teachers trained 188,000 sets of textbooks and essential learning packages provided 28, 729, 198 liters of drinking water distributed 6,269 water storage constructed/rehabilitated 296 ponds rehabilitated

* RCC/MIMU, a more comprehensive information is available in the conference kits

together for Nargis survivors – together for humanity

…..BUT CRITICAL NEEDS REMAIN…

93% of the households reported that severe and complete damage to their houses and could not undertake repairs due to lack of cash 74% of the surveyed households still considered adequate shelter as one of their most pressing needs

30% of school-aged children among the surveyed households in Change with the affected areas did not attend school due to the high cost of PR II cover writing and stationery supplies as the main cost burden, followed by transportation 76% of the surveyed households still use unimproved water resources particularly during the dry season 46 % of affected households reported the lack of assets and capital as their main concern.

90% of births occur at home rather than at health care facilities

Overall, aid levels have dropped sharply. They are currently too low to enable Cylone survivors to recover their livelihood adequately. Post Nargis Social Impact Monitoring (SIM 2) , June 2009

together for Nargis survivors – together for humanity PONREPP PRIORITIZED ACTION PLAN OUTLINES CRITICAL NEEDS WITH TARGETED MEASURABLE OUTPUTS BY JULY 2010 AND PREPARED THROUGH SEVERAL REFERENCES

The 6th Meeting of The ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force (AHTF ). Jakarta, 2nd July 2009

The 42nd ASEAN F orei gn Mi ni st er M eeti ng Phuket, 17th of July 2009

PRIORITIZED Post Nargis Periodic Review II ACTION PLAN TO JULY 2010

RCC and Sectoral Working Group Workshops

Tripartite Core Group (TCG) meetings

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PONREPP PRIORITIZED ACTION PLAN FOCUSES ON FIVE SECTORS, THIRTEEN TOWNSHIP COVERAGE WITH ESTIMATED BUDGET OF USD 103,560,000 12% Examples of Estimated Deliverables 5% 29% 17,800 shelters 15% 16 cyclone shelters 5,779 metric tonnes rice seeds 3,068 boats 41,408 fishing gears 39% 17,198 metric tonnes fertilizers

SHELTER LIVELIHOODS WASH EDUCATION HEALTH 6,776 buffalos 440 ponds SHELTERS USD 29,800,000 100 shallow wells LIVELIHOOD USD 40 ,000 ,000 35,p,000 households with improved access to clean water WASH USD 16,160,000 40 new schools EDUCATION USD 5,170,000 4,000 school supplies/learning packages 900,000 people provided with essential HEALTH USD 12,430,000 health care

together for Nargis survivors – together for humanity DONORS CAN FREELY CHOOSE THE MOST PREFERRED FUNDING MECHANISM TO SUPPORT PONREPP PRIORITIZED ACTION PLAN

DONORS

UN Agencies NGOs Govt. of the Trust Fund ASEAN Union of Myanmar

Prioritized Action Plan Projects Implementing directly or through implementing partners

BENEFICIARIES

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RECOVERY INFORMATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS IN PLACE TO ASSURE THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF YOUR AID AND IMPROVE SERVICE DELIVERY TO BENEFICIARIES

DONOR CONTRIBUTION SECTOR RECIPIENT DONORS

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES MAPS ƒ PROJECT Post-Nargis ƒ IMPLEMENTOR(S) CHARTS ƒ LOCATION(S) PERIODIC ƒ DELIVERABLES REVIEW GRAPHS

RECOVERY ANALYTICAL PRODUCTS COORDINATION DATABASE EXTRACTS CENTER

WEBSITE ƒ HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY ƒ RECOVERY HUBS OFFICE BENEFICIARIES ƒ RECOVERY WORKING GROUPS

together for Nargis survivors – together for humanity 3W – WHO IS DOING WHAT WHERE Extract from the 3W database showing Food Assistance in Ayeyarwady Division COMBINED 3W DELIVERABLES DATA AND PERIODIC REVIEW NEEDS Shelter needs (PRII) and deliverables (3W) in Labutta Township

As of mid of July 2009 73,911

43,213

Collapse/ Recovered Damages

Yes we do have challenges, it is not an easy environment. But those challenges, we can still live with. We can still make it works. We can still find a way to resolve. But the funding challenge is the main challenge now at this critical time. Something that the humanitarian communities can not find a way around alone. Something that Nargis survivors can not resolve alone. Something that can cause the humanitarian operation to stop. Your support will make a big difference. We seek your support

together for Nargis survivors – together for humanity

THANK YOU

Annex 8: INGO Statement of Dr. Paul Sender, Country Director of Merlin Myanmar, on behalf of the INGO community

Your Excellency Mr. Charawat Charnveerakul, Minister of Interior, Royal Thai Government; Your Excellency Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of ASEAN; Your Excellency U Kyaw Thu Chairman of the Civil Service Selection and Training Board, Government of Union of Myanmar and Chairman of the TCG; Your Excellency Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary General of the United Nations; Distinguished Guests and Colleagues. Thank you for providing me with the opportunity, on behalf of INGOs based in Myanmar, to address you on the three main themes of the meeting: stocktaking, critical needs and lessons learnt. For us, the over-riding issue for this meeting to concretely address remains the substantial and outstanding unmet needs of very many Cyclone Nargis survivors.

“Whilst we were on the roof which was floating, the second wave came and we were separated one by one. I was swimming and trying to stay above the surface and suddenly one of my children grabbed hold of my neck. I knew I was drowning so I removed his hand. He drowned. I managed to swim to a tree and hold on. Another of my children came and this time I was able to rescue her. Then I saw my wife, but at that moment she died”.

This account of events when Cyclone Nargis struck the Ayeyawaddy Delta region of Myanmar was told by a survivor to one of my colleagues around the time of the six-month Nargis anniversary in November 2008.

“The next morning I was still sheltering under a tree with one of my daughters, but she was having difficulty breathing and passed away the following night. She was 13. There was no teak to make a coffin so we covered her in clothes and buried her”.

In November 2008, I found this story too harrowing to use in highlighting the suffering of Nargis survivors, but one and a half years’ on after Nargis - when people still face major obstacles in their daily lives - it seems that individual tales of loss and suffering are needed to remind us what happened during Nargis as well as what remains the principled purpose of our efforts.

Turning to the first two themes of critical needs and stocktaking. The scale of devastation caused by Nargis, the human suffering that ensued and the outstanding needs are alarming . 74% of households consider adequate shelter as one of their most pressing needs; only 7% of households report having received agricultural inputs; 76% of households still use unimproved water resources, especially in the dry season; 30% of schoolchildren cannot attend due to the school-cost burden and 90% of deliveries of newborn babies take place at home. The figure provided by the Shelter Cluster of “an overall gap of over 178,000 households that require urgent shelter assistance”is one that illustrates plainly the scale of gaps in some areas. I would ask you to reflect on this. We are informed that “46% of households in Nargis-affected areas”, as detailed in the Tripartite Core Group’s Second Periodic Review from back in May 2009 , “report the lack of assets and capital as their major concern.” The problem seems overwhelming when we try to imagine a way of meeting the needs of each and every household. The consequences of the potential problem, should we prove incapable of responding to these needs, will, however, be worse. Counting only those beneficiaries targeted under the Prioritized Action Plan, if we do not act 223,000 households will not benefit from proposed livelihoods cash, asset or training programmes; 17,800 homes for the most vulnerable of survivors will not be built; 35,000 households will not be supported in their requirement for water during the dry season; 35,000 beneficiaries will not benefit from support to the educational sector and 41,000 pregnant women will give birth to babies at home - in what may be dire housing conditions, in households with little or no cash and where the nearest water source may be unimproved.

These needs, encompassing livelihoods, shelter, water and sanitation, health and education, are mirrored in the Prioritized Action Plan which is being presented to you today. Distinguished guests, the scale of humantarian operations across the Delta is reducing month by month. Many organizations are downscaling their activities in the Delta. A number have already left the area due to lack of available funding. In the eight months from May 2008 to the end of that year, the figure for funding made available to INGOs to provide humanitarian assistance was $74 million; for the entire 12 month period of 2009 this figure fell to USD $64 million whilst for the whole of 2010 our belief is that less than 50% of the 2009 funding will be made available. What conclusion should we draw? There is only one - that the levels of funding currently available will not allow us to match assistance and actions to where even the most critical needs and gaps in provision have been identified. On behalf of INGOs in Myanmar, I am asking for funding support from donors here today to meet these gaps.

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minimum outline of priority needs to be addressed by the end of July 2010. It is the result of a series of multi-stakeholder e consultations, capacity self-assessments by aid agencies and a review of the initial PONREPP released in December 2008. Pag

The grounds, as detailed above, on which we support the Action Plan were communicated in writing three weeks ago to all donors.

Excellencies, it is challenging to summarize the lessons that can be learnt from an aid operation which over the period May 2008 until June 2009 was on a very substantial scale. INGOs themselves have generated a body of learning and published literature on issues as diverse as how to best incorporate accountability practices into emergency programming, ways in which to optimize the Cluster model as well as the very substantial and privotal role played by Myanmar civil society in meeting survivors’ needs, both in the immediate aftermath of Nargis as well as later on.

The key messsage, of greatest relevance to all of those present today, is that a large scale, effective and accountable humanitarian aid operation has been undertaken by INGOs in Myanmar. This is due to, firstly, the role played by the TCG under the Chairmanship of His Excellency U Kyaw Thu and, secondly, the availability of good data on which to guide relief and recovery efforts and finally the funding and generous support made available at that time by the international donor community to support relief efforts.

The Tripartite Core Group mechanism for joint collaboration constituted a model for how to effectively work together in the Delta. Within a complicated context, it enabled us to focus upon addressing humanitarian needs directly through humanitarian interventions as well as enable and maintain access to the Delta. Joint working with the Ministry of Social Welfare to draw up plans for meeting the needs of vulnerable groups as well as the highly effective collaboration with the Ministry of Health throughout the lifetime of the Health Cluster and onto implementation of the Health PONREPP are but two notable examples. The importance of consolidating upon these practices of joint working to address needs is a key lesson.

I would also like to refer to the importance of the ASEAN-led PONJA and Periodic Review common needs assessments which were conducted in collaboration by the Government of the Union of Myanmar, ASEAN, the UN and NGOs. The results are agreed, by all these stakeholders, as mirroring the actual situation in the Delta. Jointly quantifying needs and being able to plan using a shared dataset has been of immense importance. It has played a significant role in generating the neccessary momentum to convene this meeting and has opened all our eyes to the scale of the problem.

A further lesson relates to the issue of ensuring predictability of funding and therefore support to survivors of natural disasters and which I would like to benchmark through a regional comparison. The Revised Flash Appeal launched in the aftermath of Nargis was funded to a total of USD $ 330 million. It provided a large degree of predictable funding for all agencies involved in Delta relief activities. To date however, people affected by Cyclone Nargis have received only one- tenth of the support provided to the peoples affected by the 2004 Asian Tsunami in Aceh which is considered a similar size of natural disaster. At a time when questions are being asked about the availability of space to programme in the Delta, I would like to remind this meeting that agencies’ capacity to implement programmes is being highly under-utilized due the lack of funds to implement programmes. I would also like to remind donors that planning for programming of humanitarian actions beyond July 2010 should begin soon. Recovery is never completed in just two years. “Building Back Better” physical infrastucture cannot be done overnight; protecting lives and making the lives of survivors of Nargis productive again takes more than two years.

We would like to thank and commend ASEAN for having constituted this forum for addressing the critical needs of Nargis survivors. We hope that it will generate much needed sources of funding to address imbalances in aid assistance which are impacting upon Cyclone Nargis survivors. 63 e Pag

Annex 9: Closing Remarks of Dr. Surin Pitsuwan Secretary-General of ASEAN

AT THE POST-NARGIS AND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP CONFERENCE: STOCK-TAKING, CRITICAL NEEDS, AND LESSONS LEARNED 25 NOVEMBER 2009, BANGKOK, THAILAND

Excellencies,

U Kyaw Thu, Chairman of the Civil Service Election and Traning Board, Chairman of the Tripartite Core Group

Madame Executive Secretary Noeleen Heyzer,

Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

We have come to the end of our Post-Nargis and Regional Partnership Conference, and I am happy to declare that we have achieved what we have set out to do:

Firstly, we have taken stock of progress and achievements of the post-Nargis recovery efforts;

Secondly and most significantly, we have reaffirmed our commitment to mobilizing resources to address outstanding critical needs of the most vulnerable Nargis survivors, 2.4 million of them, who urgently require additional assistance;

Today, we have heard from all of you, statements of renewed commitments and resource mobilization. According to my staff’s estimate and calculation and I hope their arithmetic is good, we currently have a commitment of at least US$ 88 million against the $103 million that we set out for ourselves. And that in percentage is 85.4% of the target and I think by any count, that is a great achievement indeed. For these generous contributions, I and ASEAN and the UN System certainly owe you very very much and we would like to send our sincere appreciation back to your capitals, back to your government and back to your people. Thank you very much. With your endorsement, I will make a press conference at 3 o’clock this afternoon, and I’ll make this announcement to the international media here at the UN Conference Centre.

Last but not least, this conference has highlighted key lessons from the post-Nargis experience, including the regional partnership between ASEAN and the United Nations, which could serve as models for future disaster response and management in the ASEAN region and beyond.

Essentially, we have heard today three rehabilitations, one is the rehabilitation of 2.4 million people suffering and waiting for our mercy. The second is if you think about it, if we do our job well, the Delta of the Ayeyarwady River used to be one of the rice bowls of Asia, my dream, my hope and my vision is to rehabilitate that Delta into its former glory of Asia and in this era of food insecurity, I think that will be a great contribution, not only to Myanmar, not only to ASEAN, but certainly to entire international community. Let’s make it our goal.

The last one, and the most important, which one of you have mentioned, is the rehabilitation of trust between the people and government of Myanmar and the rest of the international community. I think Cyclone Nargis has not only baptized ASEAN but has also given us a tremendous opportunity to gain and to win trust, mutual trust between Myanmar and the international community and ASEAN. I think we have convinced the people of Myanmar, the government of Myanmar that the world is not totally hostile in time of need, in time of crisis, we all come together and extend our hands to help the people of Myanmar.

In closing, I would like to thank you all for your presence, your participation, and for your statements and intentions of continued support for our joint humanitarian effort in the Delta of the Ayeyarwady River and the rest of Myanmar. It is my deep and sincere hope that we shall all work together to ensure that this partnership that we have built through this journey of post-Nargis recovery not only continues but indeed strengthens-- so that we may fulfill our mission to reach all those still in need in the Ayeyarwady Delta, to help the survivors build back better and safer, and to ensure that the successes of their recovery become lessons for us all as we strive to create a disaster-resilient region and world for our communities and our children.

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Annex 10: Statement delivered by Australia

Myanmar: Post Nargis and Regional Partnerships Conference Bangkok - 25 November 2009

• Australia is a long-standing and significant donor to Myanmar and a staunch partner of ASEAN.

• Australia has been working with United Nations and non government partners for many years to address the ongoing humanitarian needs of the people of Myanmar

− Our assistance supports activities in basic health, education, and sustainable livelihoods, with a focus on the most vulnerable.

• In addition to our ongoing assistance, Australia continues to be one of the largest international donors to the recovery effort following Cyclone Nargis.

• Australia recognises that, eighteen months after the disaster, there are still critical needs in cyclone-affected areas particularly in the areas of water, sanitation, education, livelihoods and shelter.

• On 23 November, the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Stephen Smith, announced that Australia will provide $15 million Australian in humanitarian assistance between now and June 2011 for the Myanmar people still suffering from the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis

− This announcement takes Australia’s total Cyclone Nargis-related assistance to $65 million and our broader development assistance to Myanmar in 2009-10 is expected to be around $31 million.

− This assistance will address 4 of the 5 areas identified in the PONREPP Prioritised Action Plan.

• As we have done in the past, Australia’s assistance will be delivered in close cooperation with international organisations working on the ground in Myanmar.

• This package of assistance will align to the critical needs identified in the PONREPP Prioritised Action Plan and includes:

− $7 million over two years addressing the water and sanitation needs of the hundreds of thousands of people struggling to access clean water as the dry season progresses;

− $2 million to improve access to education services, including for children who have yet to return to school after the disaster;

− $1 million to support essential maternal and child health services in particularly needy rural and remote areas; and LIFT

• I am pleased to also announce that as part of this package, Australia will contribute an initial $4 million over two years to the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) to help people achieve sustainable livelihoods and improve their food security, especially the thousands of families in the Delta that rely on agriculture and fishing to survive; ASEAN

• In addition, at the request of ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan, Australia will provide a further $1 million to support ASEAN’s ongoing role in the management and coordination of relief efforts.

• Australia greatly appreciates the critical role ASEAN has played in coordinating international relief and recovery assistance to Myanmar since Cyclone Nargis, especially though the TCG 65 − ASEAN is well placed to facilitate ongoing cooperation between international partners and the Myanmar e

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• Despite significant progress, we recognise that there is a great deal left to do to help communities re-establish their lives

− While the TCG mandate has been extended to July 2010, Australia urges the Myanmar authorities to allow continued international access to the Delta, including the efficient granting of visas, so the donor community can continue to assist

− Australia also urges the Myanmar authorities to increase state budget allocations for critical social services and welfare needs of the Myanmar people more broadly in recognition of increased donor funding. GLOBAL FUND/3DF

• I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome the Global Fund’s decision to return to Myanmar.

• This news is a huge boost for those Myanmar people living with HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Myanmar suffers one of the highest HIV infection rates in Asia – and thousands die each year from TB and malaria.

• This builds on the successes of the multi-donor Three Diseases Fund (3DF) and shows that it is indeed possible to deliver effective aid in Myanmar through UN agencies, international NGOs and local community-based organisations.

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Annex 12: Statement delivered by Indonesia

Statement by

H.E. Djauhari Oratmangun Director-General ASEAN - Indonesia

At the Post-Nargis Prioritized Action Plan and Conference

Bangkok, Thailand 25 November 2009

Your Excellency H.E. Mr Chawarat Charnveerakul, Minister of the Ministry of Interior of the Kingdom of Thailand, Your Excellency Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of ASEAN, Chairman of ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force, Your Excellency Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Executive Secretary of ESCAP, Your Excellency U Kyaw Thu, Chairman of the Civil Service Selection and Training Board, Chairman of the Tripartite Core Group Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Let me join my ASEAN Colleagues to extend my appreciation to the ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force together with the Government and the people of Thailand for the warm hospitality and excellent arrangement made for this Conference. I also wish to extend our warm welcome to our colleagues from the ASEAN Dialogue Partners, the UN as well as other members of the international communities.

Today’s conference is an important occasion in reaffirming our commitment to continue our support on the rehabilitation and reconstruction process in the Irrawady Delta, at least until the end of July 2010. The conference will also display our support for the realization of the Post-Nargis Recovery and Preparedness Plan (PONREPP) Prioritized Action Plan up to July 2010. Furthermore, the conference is critical for ASEAN and the international community to generate key lessons learned in disaster management from the post-Nargis experience, especially in the wake of the recent multiple disasters that struck five ASEAN Member States in September 2009. And finally, it is hoped that the Conference would be a platform in preparing the implementation of the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER), which

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Indonesia has always been in favor to support the development in Myanmar subsequent to the Cyclone Nargis disaster and therefore I am heartened by the progress made so far. I would like to inform the meeting that Indonesia has contributed USD 1 million to support the rehabilitation and reconstruction process in Myanmar, especially in the area of health and education. In this regard, the fund has been utilized in constructing three schools and one hospital in the affected area. Bearing in mind that the ASEAN-led Coordinating Mechanism mandate is extended until July 2010, I would like to encourage the international community, including the ASEAN countries, to fulfill their commitment in the rehabilitation and reconstruction process in Myanmar.

So what’s next?

Ladies and Gentlemen,

As our region is located in a disaster-prone area, we are benefited by wide range of experience and lesson learned from every disaster that happened. The next step is institutionalizing these valuable lessons through the AHA Centre that will become a centre of excellence for disaster management and strategic actions for emergency response in the ASEAN region. AHA Centre will play a pivotal role as the main operational mechanism of AADMER when the agreement is entered into force by the end of this year.

Last but not least, I would like to reiterate that the road ahead may bear many obstacles. However, if we keep up our perseverance in supporting Myanmar to build back better, we can always find our way to confront the obstacles. Let us move ever onward by materializing the deliberations we have today into reality.

Thank you.

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Annex 13: Statement delivered by Italy

On behalf of the Ambassador and of my country, it is a pleasure for me to be here today to attend this Post Nargis Conference.

In the aftermath of cyclone Nargis and in order to give immediate assistance to the people of Myanmar affected by the cyclone, Italy funded various initiatives through UN Agencies for a total amount of more than 7.5 million euros.

In particular, not only did Italy give funds during the first phase of the emergency, but Italy also granted funds for the rehabilitation and early recovery of the Delta. Indeed, immediately after the cyclone Italy sent a humanitarian flight with non-food items, which was the first flight from a western country. Moreover, Italy granted funds to WFP, FAO, WHO and the Federation of Red Cross for their activities in the emergency phase.

After that and in order to assure the implementation of projects useful in the view of the early recovery and the rehabilitation phases, Italy decided to give a contribution of more than 5 million euros to FAO. Indeed, Italy considered important to fund projects which cover different sectors and which focus their attention on livelihoods. Rice production, fisheries and mangroves, rehabilitation of small-scale farming, coastal fisheries and aquaculture are the sectors where these projects are being implemented, with the aim of giving to the people of Myanmar the tools for their own empowerment. Moreover, with the involvement of INGOs, NGOs, and CBOs we will try to assure the maximum ownership of these projects by Myanmar people.

Italy is very active also in the health sector, both in the Delta and in other areas of Myanmar, through UN Agencies and with bilateral intervention. Indeed, after cyclone Nargis, Italy decided to include some township of the Delta in the essential new born care programme which is being implemented by WHO through an Italian grant of 750,000 Euros.

All these funds and contribution show the interest of Italy and Italian people for the people of Myanmar.

Moreover, Italy recognises the incredible role played by the TCG, thanks to a close collaboration among the Government of Myanmar, ASEAN and the UN system. Italy really believes that this tripartite fruitful collaboration can be an example of what can be achieved when efforts and different expertises are put together for a common cause.

Therefore, also for the year 2010 Italy will keep supporting these efforts. In particular, for the year 2010 Italy will focus its attention on initiatives and activities in favour of the most vulnerable people of Myanmar and in favour of people in greatest need in the Delta.

I would like to take this occasion to thank the TCG for its hard work in the Delta and for all its important achievements.

Thank you very much.

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Annex 14: Statement delivered by the Chair of Delta Basic Services Recovery Working Group (BY DAN COLLISON)

It’s the hardest hit and most remote communities that still need the greatest support in re-establishing basic services. I’ve seen for myself in recent weeks that many families are still struggling to achieve even the first steps to recovery, for some it is still a matter of survival.

Without the injection of resources outlined under the prioritized action plan, communities will be left to fend for themselves and repair their lives as best they can in the aftermath of Myanmar’s biggest ever natural disaster, and we will be missing an opportunity to ensure that:

In Health – Coverage of essential health services is improved for 900,000 user beneficiaries. Coverage now, especially for the more remote communities is inadequate, putting the lives of children and pregnant women at risk. Only half of children suffering from diarrhea are treated adequately, and only 32% of women deliver with a skilled birth attendant (the national average is 64%). Infrastructure in terms of health posts is only partially repaired and improved, and many facilities are still operating out of inadequate temporary shacks.

In Wash – Great progress has been made in repair and improvement of access and quality of domestic and drinking water, but with nearly 50% of drinking ponds inundated by Nargis in Aywerwaddy Div, there is still a long way to go. WASH funding will help a further half million people to improve their water sources and sanitation practices. Although we expect a less severe Nargis related dry season water crisis this year, 35,000 people are projected to still need assistance through water distribution.

In Education – without new funding we will not be able to ensure that children benefit from child centered approaches to education, and that repaired and rebuilt school buildings have the basic safety construction standards that will make them better able to withstand future storms, which itself is a crucial DRR aspect of the education response.

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Annex 15: Statement delivered by the Netherlands

New Zealand Contribution to Post-Nargis Recovery Prioritised Action Plan

25 November 2009

Chairperson, Excellencies, distinguished guests, donor colleagues, ladies and gentlemen

• Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this important Post-Nargis and Regional Partnership conference. It is encouraging to see the level of international cooperation and commitment to humanitarian action evident today.

• At the same time it is sobering to take stock of the outstanding humanitarian needs in Myanmar, especially in those regions affected by cyclone Nargis, and to recognise the amount of support that is still required to address the outstanding basic needs of the thousands of communities and millions of people still suffering the consequences of that devastating climatic event, that struck just over 18 months ago.

• The New Zealand Government wishes to acknowledge the efforts of the ASEAN humanitarian Task Force and the Tripartite Core Group (the Association of South East Asia Nations, the Government of the Union of Myanmar and the United Nations) in coordinating the massive international response that was mounted to provide assistance to the victims of Cyclone Nargis. The task was not straight forward but working together, we have seen good results.

• Together with many other donors we welcome the extension of the mandate for the Tripartite Core Group and the ASEAN humanitarian Task Force through until July 2010 and hope to see even further progress achieved in the coming months.

• The New Zealand Government through our international development agency NZAID provided $NZ 3.8m for Nargis relief in the aftermath of the cyclone’s destruction. NZAID also has an ongoing commitment to provide up to $NZ1m on an annual basis to support humanitarian relief in Myanmar. This funding has been delivered via the United Nations Development Programme and the World Food Programme.

• In light of the compelling case for continued humanitarian assistance to the Nargis-affected communities we would like, within the constraints of our budgetary capacity, to make an additional contribution.

• NZAID will provide a further USD 250,000 to assist with the implementation of the PONREPP Prioritised Action Plan. In line with the NZAID Asia strategy this contribution is targeted towards the livelihoods sector.

Philip Hewitt NZAID Representative New Zealand Embassy, Bangkok

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Annex 16: Statement delivered by Sweden

Embassy of Sweden 24 November, 2009

Swedish Statement at the Post-Nargis Assistance Conference (PONAC), Bangkok

Mr Chairman, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,

During the last 18 months international and national partners have recorded considerable progress in the recovery and rehabilitation work in the Nargis-affected areas of the Ayeyarwaddy delta, where some 140 000 persons perished in May last year. Much has been accomplished but much more remains to be done.

The Social Impact Monitoring Study from June points at continued severe economic constraints for farmers, fishermen, casual labourers and small entrepreneurs, resulting in falling production and productivity. The livelihoods for large numbers of delta inhabitants are at risk unless considerable inputs are provided.

The Priority Action Plan for the coming months is therefore a timely and welcome initiative. Sweden recognises the essential role played by the Tripartite Core Group not only in preparing this Plan but also in co-ordinating and facilitating the work of the international community. We foresee that the TCG will continue to play an important role also during the coming eight months, not least in facilitating the access to affected areas necessary to ensure proper delivery of the assistance.

Sweden responded quickly and generously to the appeal last year and we were also able to provide additional assistance for lively-hoods and shelter earlier this year. We will continue to support the people in the delta, primarily through the multi- donor Livelihoods and Food Security Fund (LIFT), to which we plan a contribution of approximately three million USD. Sweden attaches great importance also to the role played by ASEAN and we provided support to its Humanitarian Task Force when it was set up. We will continue to support the AHTF during the Action Plan period, tentatively with an additional one million USD.

In addition half a million USD is channelled through local NGOs working in the delta. All-in-all the Swedish contribution to continued delta-related activities will amount to some 4.5 million USD.

Thank you, Mr Chairman

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Annex 17: Statement delivered on behalf of Delta Livelihoods Recovery Working Group

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• If more support is not forthcoming for continued livelihood activities, many gains made in the Delta since Cyclone Nargis could be lost.

• Despite the fact that up to 89 percent of Delta people make their livelihoods from crops, fishing, forestry and livestock activities, agricultural livelihoods was by far the least-funded sector in the Cyclone Nargis Flash Appeal.

• Under the Prioritized Action Plan, USD 40 million is needed for livelihood activities through July 2010 in the Cyclone Nargis affected areas.

• 84 percent of the USD 40 million will provide farming, fishery, forestry and technical assistance, while 16 percent will be used to enhance existing and deliver training in new livelihood skills.

• According to the TCG’s Periodic Review II, only 7 percent of the Delta population that needed agricultural inputs had received any agricultural inputs by the end of May, 2009.

• Many of the basic building blocks in the Delta economy are still missing. In Pyapon, only 1 percent of power tillers and buffalo have been replaced. While ducks have been substantially replaced in Bogale township, livestock in other areas have a very low replacement rate. On average, only around 4 percent of chickens, 25 percent of ducks and 24 percent of pigs have been replaced across the Delta.

• New economic shocks, such as the growing rat infestation that have impacted as many as 40 percent of farms in some village tracts, will have an even greater impact on households than they did before the storm. There simply is no buffer, no functioning support system with enough excess capacity to mitigate any serious new problems.

• Reports indicate that increases in debt already threaten the livelihood recovery of some households. Their food security, and their livelihood recovery, has come about by taking on more debt.

• The Delta Livelihoods Recovery Working Group in Yangon, chaired by FAO, is seeking to meet with all donors on the need to act now to ensure that current progress continues and the response doesn’t lose current gains to new challenges. Crucial livelihood inputs are still not affordable for many in the Delta.

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Annex 18: Statement delivered by European Commission

25 November 2009

EUROPEAN COMMISSION STATEMENT

Appeal to Support Post -Nargis Prioritized Action Plan and Post -Nargis and Regional Partnership Conference

The European Commission (EC) wishes to congratulate ASEAN, the Tripartite Core Group and all stakeholders involved in the organisation of the conference and the preparation of the Post- Nargis Prioritized Action Plan. This event offers an important overview of progress made in the past 18 months to assist the victims affected by cyclone Nargis. The assistance provided by donor countries and agencies has been crucial to support this process and help the affected population.

“The European Commission has been involved from the start, providing humanitarian aid during the emergency phase and activity engaging in the recovery phase. Progress after the disaster has been possible thanks to the hard work and professionalism of all organization operating in the Delta and the crucial role played by the Tripartite Core Group to ensure access for and coordination among all stakeholders. Relief operations have been effective and timely, and have made aid delivery possible in Myanmar in a transparent and accountable manner” said David Lipman, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Commission speaking at the Conference.

European Commission response so far

• On the humanitarian side, though its Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), the European Commission mobilized a total of €39 million (about US$ 58 m) to meet the basic needs of survivors in the disaster zones. The support targeted 7 priority sectors: food assistance, emergency shelter, water, sanitation, health, nutrition, and disaster risk reduction. About 1.4 million people benefited from this assistance.

• The EC has been associated closely in the consultation process for the preparation of the Post-Nargis Recovery and Preparedness Plan (PONREPP) and in its implementation. We remain strongly committed to the implementation of PONREPP: our support to Nargis-affected areas is fully aligned with PONREPP and we have ensures that our funding decisions prioritised these areas.

• The EC has already committed €4 m (about US$ 6m) to PONREPP in support of activities in education, livelihoods and food security. The EC also funded PONJA, a first comprehensive rapid joint assessment of relief and recovery needs, and the Periodic Reviews to monitor progress and gaps on the ground.

• Together with other donors of MDEF, the Multi Donor Education Fund implemented by UNICEF, the EC agreed to add 5 townships located in the Delta to the regular programme of MDEF.As a result, additional assistance to the education sector has been channelled through this Multi Donor Fund.

EC assistance in response to the Action Plan-PONREPP

The PONREPP Prioritised Action Plan stresses the existence of outstanding critical needs that require prompt support. In response to this call and in light of our commitment to PONREPP, we are pleased to announce an EC contribution of up to €14 m (about US$ 21 m) to meeting outstanding needs in the Delta. The breakdown of this assistance is as follows:

™ €10 m (about US$ 15 m) in support to livelihoods and food security through the newly established Multi Donor 75 Trust Fund for Livelihoods and food Security, called LIFT. e

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™ €2m (about US$ 3 m) to education as an additional contribution to the Multi donor Education Trust Fund.

™ € 2m about US$ 3m) to Health.

The European Commission will continue to coordinate with other development partners to ensure the most effective use of the limited financial resources available, and will work closely with all stakeholders involved in the Delta to support the road to recovery.

For more information please contact:

European Commission Delegation Suvi Seppäläinen Press Attaché [email protected] 02 305 26 46 083 188 34 69

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Annex 19: Statement delivered by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

Post Nargis and Regional Partnership Conference on 25 November in Bangkok / Thailand

Distinguished representatives,

• On behalf of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to share with you some of our reflections of the recovery programme of Cyclone Nargis and to offer some thoughts as we move forward.

• The Myanmar Red Cross, as auxiliary to the public authorities in humanitarian efforts and the International Federation, acknowledge the good cooperation with local and central authorities during the first 18 months of the Nargis operation. The authorities are consulted throughout the programme cycle, both in the planning of activities and the implementation through the MRCS staff and volunteers

• We would like to stress that it is of great importance to the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement that we are accountable to the beneficiaries, and that we can involve them in the planning and implementation of assistance. The support of the Red Cross is always in line with the Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. We fully respect and follow the guidelines of the Government of the Union of Myanmar and the Tripartite Core Group outlined in the Post Nargis Recovery and Preparedness Plan (PONREPP)

• Despite the multiple efforts of the local and international humanitarian organizations, including local NGOs, international NGOs, the UN-system, the Red Cross/Red Crescent and the Myanmar authorities, significant gaps remain and much more support is needed, specifically for shelter and livelihood, to restore the living conditions of the affected population in the delta. Therefore we urge the international donor community to provide additional and longer-term funding for the PONREPP Prioritized Action Plan and the recovery efforts over the next years.

• The Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement is in a privileged position, since through the support of its network of national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies it is able to fully implement the recovery Plan of Action established in late 2008 within its present timeframe, until May 2011. In view of the increasing capacity of the Myanmar Red Cross to deliver additional assistance and services to its population the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement will reconsider additional resource mobilization towards end of next year.

• It is of great importance that the International Federation and its Red Cross and Red Crescent partners will be able to continue supporting the Myanmar Red Cross Society in its capacity building efforts, and in the delivery of assistance to the most vulnerable population in the delta, through support from its international staff. Therefore it is crucial that visas and travel authorization are granted for international delegates to give technical advice, to support the planning and monitoring of the operation, and to be accountable to the donor community.

• The recovery efforts of the Myanmar Red Cross Society and its Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement partners will continue for at least another two years. It is the overall objective of the Movement to contribute to more resilient and healthier communities, as outlined in the new Strategy 2020 of the International Federation which has been approved 10 days ago in our General Assembly in Nairobi.

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Annex 20: Statement delivered on behalf of Delta Social and Physical Protection Recovery Working Group

PONRPC Appeal from the Shelter Sector to Support the 122,000 Most Vulnerable

INTRODUCTION

Your Excellencies, Esteemed Ladies and Gentlemen,

Mingalaba to all. Today I am going to tell you a story-but not from me, or the shelter sector, but a story told for the people of the Delta who bore the impact of Cyclone Nargis, 2008. This is an appeal for helping the most vulnerable families, living in inadequate shelters with little food, no safe water, disease and exposed to a multitude of disasters on a frequent if not escalating basis, a year and a half after Cyclone Nargis made landfall, devastating the Ayeyarwady Delta This appeal requires urgent addressing if we are to uphold our commitment to respecting the basic rights of the Myanmar people

We all know the numbers and the facts; the challenges we have faced and the results we have achieved in the aftermath of June 2008; in helping the victims of the disaster. I will not elaborate on that. But i want to put it to you, my esteemed audience, how can we as the diplomatic and humanitarian community -honestly talk of progress and recovery, when some 122,000 families especially in the remote south west, continue to live in deplorable conditions even today?

I would rather talk about humanity. So im going to tell you a simple a human story....and the story goes like this...

BODY

“PAPU”

In the rice fields of the Delta next to a small river lived a little boy called Papu. He was 12 years old and compared to other boys of his age, he had witnessed a lot the last year. His village of 4000 people had suffered greatly and lost much to the Cyclone that tore through the Ayeyarwady, leaving death destruction in its wake. Cyclone Nargis. In the aftermath, which he could only remember parts of, some help had come-but he didnt feel safe anymore- they didnt have a house to protect them from the storms, they didnt have enough to eat, they got sick a lot-there were many diseases. Life was very hard.Had it been two years since the big Cyclone?

Papu didnt have a mother. He had lost his mother to Nargis. He lived with his father (a fisherman) and two sisters in a rickety shack they had assembled together after the cyclone and patch up after monoon rains and heavy storms – it was on 2ft stilts and had a plastic blue sheet for a roof which frequently blew of during high winds -and then the whole family would end up catching a cold or getting sick. Papu's family had no medicines and no kyat to go buy any. Sometimes they just had enough food to eat once a day. There were lots of rats around. They didnt have enough water to drink or bathe in-and sometimes they got sick from the water too.

Papu remembered that after Nargis, he had gotten very very sick and had to be taken to a doctor. Some neighbours helped his father find him a doctor. The Doctor was a funny man called Dr.INGO from far away- he examined Papu quickly and did several tests-one was a test he called PONJA. when the results came back the doctor gravely explained to Papus Father that Papu was indeed very very sick -Papu's kidney was damaged, his lungs were infected and he had a heart problem. The doctor treated him with the best antidotes he could find in his doctors bag and then gave Papu's Father two bottles- one full of green and yellow pills the other full of white pills-he called this medicine PONREPP and it was supposed to make Papu all better!

Life went on. Papu took his medicine. Then it ran out and the Doctor had left his Village. The monsoon came and went. Papu heard a few other houses has been hit by last weeks monsoon storms and blown away. He felt lucky not to have been affected. But Papu was still sick. Hi sickness had gotten better for a few months and then worse again. Papus father doesnt realize the seriousness of his son's situation and went on as if everything was fine.This time he had a very high fever too and Papu after 1 year of feeling sick, was extremely weak and had lost hope.

He got taken to the Doctor again, this time to another village for treatment. The doctor immediately put him on some temporary medication and conducted a test, a test he called PR1. The results were very bad. Papu had multiple organ failure and it was because his heart wasnt strong enough. Papu stayed with the doctor for awhile in the next Village. His sister helped take care of him. He missed home. After awhile the

Doctor did another test, PR2, and the results confirmed it. Papu wasnt getting better becuase he wasnt being treated in the 8

right way!-it was his heart that needed treating first. But the heart treatment was expensive and Papus family didnt have the 7 e money to pay for it – and nobody could give them the money for it. It cost 300,000Kyats!that seemed like so much money to Papu. Pag

The people who usually come to help had stopped coming and Papu wondered if they had forgotten about his Village. Would Papu ever get treatment for his heart so he could gradually get better once and for all?

------The home is the hearth of a family, the core that holds them together. Without providing somewhere adequate for people to live, how can we even hope to recover their livelihoods in a sustainable manner, or help protect them against strong winds rains or future disasters?

CLOSING

Friends and Colleagues,

This is the last opportunity to solicit support from the international humanitarian community, for the victims of Nargis and I appeal to all of you to keep these points in mind when considering the choices you make. These are the facts.

- While most sectors have received minimal funding in relation to the required support indicated in PONREPP Action Plan, other sectors have assurances of consistent funding support, spread over the next 3 years such as through the launch of the LIFT[1] mechanism. The Shelter Sector, which experienced 1/3 of the total damage impact as a result of Nargis, has neither been addressed in the same way nor any proportionate resources have been made available nor any assurances made to address the scale of the needs. Without treating the heart how can Papu get better?

- The damage and destruction estimate following the impact of Cyclone Nargis was 752,000 households (hh) (52% of total delta HH, 1,436,800 are affected) across the Ayeyarwady and Yangon Divisions. An estimated 152,000 hh (20% of total affected) were rehabilitated with minimal support only; and on the uncertain assumption that the 421,000 hh (56% of affected) in the Yangon division were self-recovered, a very conservative gap of 178,000 hh (24% of the total destroyed/damaged) was arrived at as requiring urgent shelter assistance. They have been waiting for support for well over a year. There are 122,000 families just like Papu who live in similar conditions.

− Given that coastal communities are prone to hazards and the fact that the maximum number of deaths resulted due to a lack of safe shelters during Cyclone Nargis, it is paramount to keep in mind the possible consequences should another cyclone make landfall in the region.. We must not also forget the findings of the Periodic Review 2 (PR2), that over 80% of the people that survived the Nargis, still do not feel safe living in their current homes, a fear that we can address though the security of a basic shelter package, together with livelihoods initiatives and improving their awareness on disasters and how to be better prepared for the future.

− Provision of adequate and safe shelter is a basic human right - any sectoral interventions initiated without addressing this sector first, might in fact undermine any development gains made by these initiatives. We need to look at the bigger picture as a whole if we want recovery and development to be holistic and sustainable. So, i would strongly suggest, LIFT initiatives should address the 56,000 or so families outside the most vulnerable cases who can proceed with repairs on their homes from income generated as a result – the 122,000 MVF however, need direct shelter assistance and they need it now.

− The total funding appeal of PONRED stands at 103 M, with 29.8 M for Shelter of which only 17.8M has been allocated for rehabilitating households. From the 122,755 Most-Vulnerable families(16% of total affected HH), the sector has had to further prioritize[3] arriving at a significantly reduced figure of 17,800 families. Even if 17.8M is received that still leaves an unattended 104,000 of the Most-Vulnerable families in critical need. ANY new funding should be first and foremost directed towards assisting these most vulnerable families as they cannot accumulate resources required to rebuild their homes just from the livelihood initiatives.

− Nargis killed 140,000 people and severely affected more than two million people If we had had safer houses and disaster preparedness measures in effect- such as established escape routes, improved preparedness and awareness of communities, this figure could have been drastically reduced. This is an important lesson for the future.

Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for your time. I appeal to you to address the humanitarian crises in the Delta in a holistic manner so that the Recovery of the Delta is tied with sustainable development and ensuring all aspects of the victims lives, are being addressed based on their needs. For that, we need to begin, with the heart. 79 e Pag

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