Links to various documents..."Since 2011, more than 240,000 people in total have been displaced in Myanmar. Two years on from significant outbreaks of inter-communal violence in Rakhine State, over 416,000 people remain in need of humanitarian assistance, including 140,000 in IDP camps and many others in isolated villages living in dire conditions with limited freedom of movement. In Kachin and northern Shan States over 119,000 people remain in need of humanitarian assistance, including over 98,000 people still displaced as a result of the conflict that erupted in June 2011. Some 50 per cent of them are staying in areas beyond Government control where humanitarian access is limited. Disaster preparedness also remains a major challenge as Myanmar is considered to be one of the countries at highest risk of natural disasters in South East Asia. There is a continued need for disaster risk reduction and activities aimed at strengthening national capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disasters..."