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The United Nations (UN) delivered 800 family kits containing items relating to shelter and hygiene and sanitation to internally-displaced people in Kachin State, Burma, in areas under the control of the Kachin Independence Organisation between 12 and 14 December 2011.There is an urgent need for an increased level of access to be granted to the UN and other agencies operating in Burma to assist civilians in Kachin State. During recent visits to Burma, both the Foreign Secretary and the Secretary of State for International Development pressed the Burmese President and his Ministers to move urgently towards a resolution to the ethnic conflicts in Burma through an inclusive process of political dialogue and national reconciliation, and to increase humanitarian access in border areas, including in Kachin State. |