BBC News - Tuesday, 7 August, 2001
The officials say sanctions imposed against Burma's military leaders mean that the country's poor and needy are receiving only a fraction of the aid given to other Asian nations.
The officials say more than half-a-million Burmese are infected with HIV - the virus which causes Aids - and many children are malnourished.
They say the UN needs to dramatically overhaul the way it allocates money to Burma to alleviate suffering and ensure a basic level of care.
The opposition National League for Democracy won elections in Burma in 1990, but the military authorities have never allowed it to take power.
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