Union Ministers Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, U Ko Ko Hlaing, and Dr Thet Thet Khine, who are currently in Sittwe, received Mr. Ramanathan Balakrishnan, UN Acting Resident Coordinator and Acting Humanitarian Coordinator, and his team at the Rakhine State government office in Sittwe on 15 June.
During the meeting, both sides engaged in cordial discussions regarding the ongoing relief and rehabilitation efforts in the aftermath of Mocha, systematic distribution of relief materials, efforts sought a return to normality for regular socioeconomic conditions in areas affected by the storm, and ways and means of regarding international aid.
Also present at the meeting together with the UN Acting Resident Coordinator and Acting Humanitarian Coordinator were Ms. Kyoko Ono, Deputy Head of OCHA Office, Daw Su Su Thatun, Senior Advisor to the RC/HC, Mr Riccardo Maia, UN Area Coordinator for Rakhine State, Mr Tom Otunga, Head of OCHA Rakhine Sub-Office, and U Kyaw Naing Win and Humanitarian Affairs Specialist of OCHA.
Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar (16-6-2023)
- During the meeting between Union Ministers Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, U Ko Ko Hlaing, and Dr Thet Thet Khine, and UN Acting Resident Coordinator and Acting Humanitarian Coordinator and his team, both sides frankly discussed the matters regarding the ongoing relief and rehabilitation efforts in the aftermath of Mocha, efforts sought a return to normality for regular socioeconomic conditions in areas affected by the storm, and ways and means of regarding international aid.