Ban Ki-moon United Nations Security Council approved sending 26,000 UN peacekeepers into the region to join 7,000 troops from the African Union. The resolution was heralded as a major breakthrough in confronting the Darfur conflict (although the United States labeled the conflict a "genocide", the United Nations has declined to do so). The first phase of the peacekeeping mission began in October 2007. Ban Ki-moon flew to Myanmar on 25 May 2008 to guide a conference with international agencies aimed at boosting donations for the nation, which was struck by Cyclone Nargis on 2 May 2008. The conference was initiated after Ban
May 1997 Bangladesh cyclone winds of 165 km/h (105 mph ) and a barometric pressure of 964 mbar (hPa; 28.47 inHg). The cyclone made landfall the following day near Chittagong, Bangladesh at this intensity. After landfall, the storm rapidly tracked northeastward inland and dissipated early on May 20. About a day before the cyclone would make landfall in Bangladesh, officials in the country raised the highest danger signals and evacuated numerous residents. According to the ACT Development, roughly 500,000 people evacuated low-lying coastal areas across the country. However, according to "The Washington Post", several million people evacuated ahead of the cyclone's arrival. In response