The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says it has sent the first UN convoy of aid overland into Burma, and a planeload of shelter supplies has been flown in from Dubai.

• 联合国难民事务高级专员公署表示，该机构已经派出第一支联合国援助车队通过陆路进入缅甸，一架满载临时庇护所建筑设备的飞机也从迪拜起飞进入缅甸。