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ISSN: 1868-4882 (online), ISSN: 1868-1034 (print)....
Abstract: "Cyclone Nargis was one of the most powerful disasters to hit
Myanmar and Southeast Asia. Myanmar was criticized internationally for its
allegedly slow effort in allowing international aid to enter into the country.
This paper examines the criticism levelled against the ASEAN for its slow
response in providing aid to the beleaguered in Myanmar and relates that
criticism to ASEAN?s disaster management policy. It focuses on ASEAN?s
engagement with Myanmar in order to allow humanitarian aid to flow into
the country. The paper suggests that in time ASEAN will have to move
from its doctrine of non-intervention in the affairs of a sovereign state to
one of non-indifference if it wishes to remain relevant. Ultimately, ASEAN
will have to re-evaluate its own goals in order to be a more successful
apparatus for interstate and regional affairs, especially with respect to
humanitarian crises brought about by natural disasters.".....Keywords: Myanmar, Burma, ASEAN, humanitarian intervention, Nargis,
regional organization
Source/publisher:
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 28, 4, 3-22.
Date of Publication:
2009-12-00
Date of entry:
2011-08-21
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English