May 20, 2008	Tuesday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 14, 1429

UNITED NATIONS, May 19: In a bid to speed up relief efforts in Myanmar, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will go to the cyclone devastated country where aid agencies fear that more than 100,000 people might have been killed and some 2.5 million others uprooted.

Ban’s spokesperson Michele Montas announced on Monday that the UN Chief scheduled to arrive in Myanmar on Wednesday for a three-day visit during which he will tour the areas most affected by the cyclone —especially the Irrawaddy delta in the south of the country — and travel to Yangon.

“The whole purpose of the trip? is to accelerate the pace of disaster relief. He hopes his presence can really make things go faster,” Ms Montas said.