woman and a girl yesterday pay tribute to those people who lost their lives in the New Year's Eve tragedy on the Bund. The accident claimed the lives of 36 revelers and left another 49 injured. --— Wang Rongjiang
Several foreigners were among a small number of people trying to provide potentially life-saving first aid to people injured in the New Year's Eve crush on the Bund.


According to a report by China Youth Daily http://www.lionsrookiestore.com/Lions-Nevin-Lawson-Jersey/ , Wu Xiaoxiao, a nurse who was in Shanghai as a tourist, said she witnessed a group of foreigners trying to help some of the people who had been hurt.


"I watched a foreign man giving emergency resuscitation for quite a long time, so I stepped in and offered to help," Wu said.


Aside from herself http://www.lionsrookiestore.com/Lions-Miles-Killebrew-Jersey/ , a friend who is also a nurse, and the handful of foreigners, very few people tried to deliver first aid to the victims, she said.


"I don't remember how many people I helped, I just tried to keep going as long as I could http://www.lionsrookiestore.com/Lions-Michael-Roberts-Jersey/ ," she said.


Wu said she didn't get any personal details from the foreigners, though they were all quite tall and she believed they were likely Europeans. Two of them might have been a couple, she said.


As well as Wu's acknowledgement of the efforts of the foreigners, several Internet users have praised the quick thinking of a group of locals who did their best to get the crowds to disperse.


Several young people climbed up onto platforms and yelled for people to "move back" from the worst of the crushing.


"Their simple move saved more people from becoming caught up in the disaster," a person wrote on Weibo.


One of the barkers was identified by xinmin http://www.lionsrookiestore.com/Lions-Matthew-Stafford-Jersey/ , the website of Shanghai-based Xinmin Evening News, as Xiao Jun (not his real name), who said he and about 10 other people tried to get the crowds from pressing further forward.


"I did nothing special," he said.


Other people tried to create channels through the crowds to allow the injured out and medical teams in, he said.


Another witness to the tragedy http://www.lionsrookiestore.com/Lions-Matt-Prater-Jersey/ , Wu Dengmin, said that despite the horrific events, he knew that things could have been a lot worse if people had not heeded the calls from him and many others for people to "step back," The Beijing News reported yesterday.


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YANGON, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar government has responded to the recommendations of a final report of its own appointed Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, saying that it would set out a full roadmap soon for implementing the recommendations.


The statement of the Office of the State Counselor came shortly after the commission, chaired by former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, submitted its final report to President U Htin Kyaw and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi over the last two days.


As an immediate step http://www.lionsrookiestore.com/Lions-Kerry-Hyder-Jersey/ , the government said it will establish a new ministerial-led committee, supported by a new advisory board on Rakhine state involving international experts and local nationals, for overseeing delivery and reporting regularly on its progress.


The statement recounted that a number of recommendations with regard to healthcare access, creation of job opportunities and infrastructural construction has been implemented in accordance with the commission's August interim report, while working to promote religious harmony and communal relations.


The statement also said the government is developing a strategy and timeline to move forward the national verification process and close internally displaced camps in the state http://www.lionsrookiestore.com/Lions-Kenny-Golladay-Jersey/ , of which three camps have been closed.


In cooperation with the European Union and the United Nations, the government is working for capacity building for police and security forces in the areas of human rights, child protection and gender-based violence.


However, the statement pointed out that a resurgence of violence in recent weeks was seen with troubling signs of external interference aimed at aggravating an already difficult situation.


Welcoming the recommendations for meaningful and long-term solution, the statement pledged to give the report full consideration with a view to carrying out the recommendations to the fullest extent and within the shortest timeframe possible in line with the situation on the ground.


Annan arrived in Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday to present the final report to the government http://www.lionsrookiestore.com/Lions-Kasey-Redfern-Jersey/ , titled "Towards a Peaceful, Fair and Prosperous Future for the People of Rakhine," after visiting Rakhine state late last year as his latest trip.


The report recommends urgent and sustained action on a number of fronts to prevent violence, maintain peace, foster reconciliation and offer a sense of hope to the state's hard-pressed population.


The report puts forward recommendations to surmount the political http://www.lionsrookiestore.com/Lions-Jeff-Locke-Jersey/ , socio-economic and humanitarian challenges that currently face Rakhine state.


The recommendations called for concerted action to prevent further deepening of the chronic poverty that afflicts Rakhine state in the wake of risk of the return of another cycle of violence and radicalization.


The commission called on the government to ensure freedom of movement for all people irrespective of religion, ethnicity or citizenship status.


The report recommends that complaints regarding the verification process should be addressed swiftly by a government authority independent of the institutions which are responsible for the process, urging the community concerned to work with the government in the process.


The report stresses the need for an inclusive dialogue that builds trust among the communities of Rakhine state which he said is the foundation of the lasting progress.


Noting that tension between the government and the international community over Rakhine-related issues remain high and risk becoming worse, Annan held that it should .