WFP regional director, Tony Banbury, has warned that humanitarian assistance is not enough to meet the needs of the people of Myanmar. At least five million people in Myanmar are short of food but WFP can presently only provide assistance to about 500,000 of them. The WFP operation in Myanmar is currently only 30 percent funded.

Fed on APTN at 6:30GMT on 18 October 2007 and Reuters at 11:45 gmt 18 Oct 2007.