"...People of good intent can and likely will differ regarding situations as complex and challenging as the response to Cyclone Nargis. The letter released on April 8th, 2009, by a joint group of international relief agencies working on the ground inside Burma should be taken in this light. We recognize that international organizations working under Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), the ruling military junta in Burma, both operate in a constrained environment and are motivated by real concern for the welfare of the peoples of the country. We understand why it would be difficult for these agencies and their thousands of local staff to report in an uncensored manner on cyclone relief aid problems, as well as issues of forced labor and other human rights violations. We suspect that many of these agencies would join us in calling for the immediate and unconditional release of humanitarian relief workers and those reporting on the situation now imprisoned by the SPDC, including the four sentenced in March of 2009, but understand why they cannot. We also recognize their inability to investigate and report incidences of human rights violations such as forced labor..."