United Nations Radio

The World Food Programme has decided to send in two relief flights to Myanmar as planned for Saturday.

Word of this comes as the UN food agency continues discussions with the Government of Myanmar on the distribution of food that was flown in Friday.

In Geneva, spokeswoman Christiane Berthiaume says WFP had two flights on Friday with 38 tonnes of high energy biscuits.

"Enough to feed 95 thousand hungry people in Myanmar and this food was not released to WFP. Yesterday WFP air-lifted enough high-energy biscuits for 21, 000 people, most of which has been delivered over the last 24 hours to the hardest hit areas. So we are discussing with the government about the release of the food that was flown in today and we are continuing our work."

Berthiaume says WFP has staff waiting in Bangkok, Thailand for visas to get into Myanmar.

This is Donn Bobb reporting for United Nations Radio.

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