Martin Griffiths, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, attends an interview with Reuters in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 25, 2023.
REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 18 (Reuters) - The chief of the United Nations humanitarian relief agency has urged Myanmar's ruling military to allow greater access to 18 million people in need of aid, describing the situation as critical as a post-coup conflict intensifies.
"Successive crises in Myanmar have left one third of the population in need of humanitarian aid," Griffiths said in a statement.
Griffiths said humanitarian relief organisations were struggling with insufficient resources and urged international donors to do more, with just 22% of the annual funding requirements received by mid-year.
The U.N. Human Rights report in June said the lack of aid access may amount to war crimes, while a team of U.N. investigators last week said war crimes were "increasingly frequent and brazen".
Persons:
Martin Griffiths, Ali Khara, Myanmar's, Min Aung Hlaing, Griffiths, Martin Petty
Organizations:
Humanitarian Affairs, Emergency, Reuters, REUTERS, United Nations, Reuters Staff, Thomson
Locations:
Kabul, Afghanistan, Myanmar