"In addition to the Burmese people's continued daily struggles for food, shelter, and clothing, strong natural disasters like this force people into great distress and desperation. Therefore, the NLD requests that its members cooperate with people in respective areas to clear roads for better transportation, to provide water and fire, to donate medicines and food supplies, to provide healthcare service, and so on, utilizing all available resources including money, materials, and labor...the NLD, on behalf of people, makes a special appeal to the international community, including the Untied Nations, to provide immediate assistance to aid the people of Burma and restore the destroyed infrastructure to end the suffering and plight in Burma as quickly as possible..."