ASEAN Chairman’s Statement ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Mobilisation Resources to the Affected Communities of Tropical Cyclone MOCHA in Myanmar

ASEAN Chairman’s Statement ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Mobilisation Resources to the Affected Communities of Tropical Cyclone MOCHA in Myanmar

วันที่นำเข้าข้อมูล 30 Jun 2023

วันที่ปรับปรุงข้อมูล 30 Jun 2023

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1. Another batch of relief items from the people of ASEAN to the people of Myanmar affected by Tropical Cyclone MOCHA arrived in Yangon on 26 June 2023.

2. The items include emergency shelter tool kits and a manual water filtration system worth 37.8K USD in value. They were transported from Disaster Emergency Logistics System for ASEAN (DELSA) warehouse in Subang, Malaysia, by Indonesia’s military aircraft.

3. Last week, two batches of DELSA relief items, worth 393.4K USD, were also shipped from Subang to Yangon. One batch arrived on 21June 2023 and the other arrived on 28 June 2023.

4. Moving forward, ASEAN stands ready to continue supporting Myanmar, including in the transition from emergency response to recovery phase. Modality of support may be developed, among others, from the final ASEAN Emergency Response and Assessment Team (ASEAN-ERAT) needs assessment report. ASEAN Secretary-General, in his capacity as the ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Coordinator (SG-AHAC), will coordinate ASEAN's response.

5. Tropical Cyclone MOCHA’s devastating impact has affected millions in Myanmar and severely damaging 277,011 buildings including residential houses, schools, hospitals, and other public facilities.

6. To date, through ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre), ASEAN has mobilised 10 batches of humanitarian support for Myanmar with a total value of around 1.6M USD. The items were mobilised through commercial flight, sea freight, and military aircraft from Singapore and Indonesia. ASEAN Member States have also responded individually by providing humanitarian assistance support in the forms of financial aid, logistics, and tools/equipment.

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