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UN humanitarian chief John Holmes (2L) and Myanmar's deputy foreign affairs minister Kyaw Thu (3L) visit the Irrawaddy delta on July 22, 2008 for rehabilitation after cyclone Nargis. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes left Myanmar after a three-day trip to see how the military-run nation was coping after a devastating cyclone.

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, right, talks with John Holmes, center, of U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at a lunch hosted by Myanmar Prime Minister Lt. General Thein Sein at the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) International Pledging Conference on Cyclone Nargis Sunday, May 25, 2008 in Yangon, Myanmar. Ban said he is hopeful "a turning point" had been reached in tackling Myanmar's cyclone crisis as an international conference convened Sunday to pledge funds for some 2.4 million survivors in need of aid.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C) looks at a map with Surin Pitsuwan (2nd L), secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in Bangkok May 21, 2008. Accompanying Ban are Vijay Nambiar (R), U.N. Chef de Cabinet, and John Holmes (L), U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon watches as U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes (L) shakes hands with Thailand's Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama (R) in Bangkok May 21, 2008.

In this photo released by Myanmar News Agency shows an unidentified Myanmar military officer escorts the UN United Nations top disaster official John Holmes (C) and other delegates during a visit to the government organized relief camp in the cyclone-hit Labutta in the Irrawaddy division on May 19, 2008. About 70 percent of Myanmar's hungry cyclone survivors remain without UN food aid more than two weeks after the disaster, forcing them to leave their villages, relief workers said on May 19. With the junta so far resisting calls to allow enough foreign disaster experts in to help direct the emergency effort, supplies are stacking up in Yangon with only small trucks to get aid to some two million needy people.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations John Holmes, left, is greeted by Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu, center, upon his arrival at the Yangon International Airport Sunday, May 18, 2008.

United Nations top disaster official John Holmes (R) along with Myanmar's deputy foreign minister Kyaw Thu pose for the photographers at the airport in Yangon on May 18, 2008. John Holmes arrived in Myanmar on a three-day visit to convince the reluctant regime to open the doors to a massive relief effort after Cyclone Nargis. He arrived just hours after the latest UN emergency report on the country, where around two million survivors are lacking food and water more than two weeks after the storm hit, said basic needs were still critical.

U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes, left, and Myanmar Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu, right, walk out of the Yangon International Airport in Myanmar Sunday, May 18, 2008. Holmes arrived in Myanmar to meet with the junta leaders and assess the needs of cyclone victims.

Kenyans who have been displaced by post-election ethnic violence look at U.N. Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes, left, while he visited an IDP camp in Kirathimo, Kenya, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. More than 1,000 people have been killed and 300,000 displaced in rioting, tribal violence and police raids since the Dec. 27 elections that Kibaki officially won, but the opposition claims was rigged. Holmes is on a three-days mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the country.

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes (C), tours a camp where Kenyans who have been displaced by post election ethnic violence have sought refuge in Nairobi on February 10, 2008. More than 1,000 people have been killed and 300,000 displaced in rioting, tribal violence and police raids since the December 27, 2007 elections that President Mwai Kibaki officially won, but the opposition claims was rigged. Holmes is in a three-days mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the country.

UN emergency relief coordinator John Holmes (L) talks to Clement Omomdi, 25, who had his arms broken during post-election violence in Nakuru, 156 km (95 miles) west of Nairobi, on February 9, 2008. Holmes is in a three-days mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the country. The chief mediator in Kenya's crisis talks, Kofi Annan, urged Kenyans to be patient on February 9 as a deal to end weeks of violence was expected to be finalised in the coming days.

UN emergency relief coordinator John Holmes (L) visits people displaced during the post-election violence in Nakuru, 156 km (95 miles) west of Nairobi, February 9, 2008. Holmes is in a three-days mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the country. The chief mediator in Kenya's crisis talks, Kofi Annan, urged Kenyans to be patient on February 9 as a deal to end weeks of violence was expected to be finalised in the coming days.

UN emergency relief coordinator John Holmes (L) visits people displaced during post-election violence in Nakuru, 156 km (95 miles) west of Nairobi on February 9, 2008. Holmes is in a three-days mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the country. The chief mediator in Kenya's crisis talks, Kofi Annan, urged Kenyans to be patient on February 9 as a deal to end weeks of violence was expected to be finalised in the coming days.

U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes (R) meets Somalia's new Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein (L) in Baidoa December 3, 2007. Holmes, the U.N.'s top aid official, called on Monday for more help for Somalia, where almost 6,000 civilians have been killed in fighting this year.