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US not to commit attending ASEAN-UN Int'l Pledging Conference in Myanmar

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-05-20 08:49

WASHINGTON - The United States will not make commitment to attending the ASEAN-UN International Pledging Conference in Myanmar's Rangoon city on Sunday, the State Department said Monday.

"We are going to reserve any sort of judgment on this pending a better understanding of the details of what is being proposed," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters.

"Certainly an important question that needs to be answered is how can groups, states be assured that any humanitarian assistance, donation, actually make their way down to the people in the affected area," he said.

"At this point we cannot commit to sending anybody," the spokesman noted.

The deadly tropical cyclone Nargis hit five divisions and states of Myanmar early this month and left more than 77,000 dead, 19,000 injured and 55,000 still missing.