SITUATION OVERVIEW: 1. Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar on 2 and 3 May 2008, making landfall in the Ayeyarwady Division and hitting the former capital, Yangon. 37 townships were significantly affected by the cyclone. Current estimates suggest that 2.4 million people were affected. 1.3 million of whom are estimated to have been reached so far by International NGOs, the Red Cross and the UN. The most recent official figures of 16 May state that 77,738 people have been killed and 55,917 are missing.... 2. A Tripartite Core Group (TCG), consisting of high-level representatives of the Government of Myanmar, ASEAN and the UN, was established at the donor conference on 25 May to oversee the coordination of relief assistance. The group?s fifth meeting will take place in Yangon on 14 June, hosted by ASEAN.... 3. A joint relief and early recovery assessment (Post-Nargis Joint Assessment: ‘PONJA?) is currently underway. The assessment involves humanitarian needs and damage components: a Village Tract Assessment (VTA) and a Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA). Field surveys in 30 of the worstaffected townships are taking place between 10 and 19 June. As of 13 June 32 VTA teams have covered 31 of 128 ‘quadrants? in Pathein, Wakema, Labutta, Bogale, Pyapon and Yangon. Meanwhile, the 6 DaLA teams have covered 17 of 21 targeted townships. Some 250 assessment personnel are involved in the PONJA, including representatives of the Government of Myanmar, ASEAN member states, the UN, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, I/NGOs, the Myanmar Red Cross Society, the private sector and individual volunteers. Preliminary findings from the assessment are expected to be shared at the ASEAN roundtable meeting on 24 June and the finalized assessment report will be shared in mid-July.... 4. The Tripartite Core Group (TCG) conducted a field visit on 13 June to monitor the PONJA. The mission travelled by helicopter to Labutta, Bogale and Pyapon townships, visited temporary settlements and met with assessment teams, local authorities and central government officials deployed to the field.