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Introduction: "In May 2008, the international community was frustrated
with Myanmar?s1 resistance
to humanitarian access after the country was hit by the large-scale cyclone named
?Nargis.? Western nations as well as neighboring countries tried to persuade the military
government to open up the country and to let in aid supplies and rescue personnel,
however, the junta refused to accept them. Myanmar criticized the humanitarian access,
calling it ?humanitarian intervention.?
This paper looks further into the Myanmar case, focusing on political negotiations
among the international community, regional community and Myanmar. The Myanmar
case is the first in which controversy over humanitarian access after a natural disaster
occurred, and it involves the principle of the ?Responsibility to Protect? (generally called
the ?R2P?)2 vulnerable people from crimes against humanity. In this case, a number of
Western nations asked for the invocation of the R2P principle proposing that the UN
Security Council should pass a resolution to authorize emergency relief delivery and
impose this on Myanmar if the junta was either unwilling or unable to cope, and where
significant loss of life had occurred. If a state fails to protect its people does it then
become the responsibility of the international community to protect that state?s
population? This paper makes a modest attempt to answer that question..."
Miki HONDA
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Waseda University
Date of publication:
2009-09-30
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2015-10-10
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449 results (October 2015)
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2015-10-10
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709 results (October 2015)
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Waseda University
Date of publication:
2015-10-10
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2015-10-10
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