UN reacts to Myanmar earthquake

联合国就缅甸地震作出反应

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2025-03-29

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  • This is Andrew Peach with World Business Report.

  • Myanmar's military government is appealing for international help today after an earthquake caused widespread disruption.

  • The epicenter was near Mandalay.

  • The latest from there and Yangon in a moment.

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  • First,

  • Myanmar's military rulers want international help after that massive earthquake in the centre of the country which has caused widespread damage.

  • There were in fact two quakes just a few minutes apart.

  • The first 7.7, the second 6.4.

  • Mandalay, near the epicentre is now very difficult to reach.

  • This is the sound of people reacting to a pagoda collapsing just southeast of Mandalay.

  • Let's go straight to Kani Wignaraja,

  • who's the UN Assistant Secretary General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific at the UN Development Program.

  • Kani, thank you very much indeed for being with us.

  • You've spoken to us many times about that part of the world, about Myanmar on World Business Report.