YANGON, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Fifty-one participating countries pledged their determination in an ASEAN-UN International Pledging Conference which ended here Sunday evening to help Myanmar overcome cyclone tragedy and resume their normal lives as quickly as possible.

    A press statement of the summary of chairmen of the Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) and the United Nations of the conference said this event was an important exercise towards building a great trust, confidence and cooperation between Myanmar government and the international community.

    Unanimous agreement was reached on the need to scale up the current efforts to ensure that all those in desperate need are reached quickly and with adequate life-saving relief supplies and that an effective flow of them is maintained for as long as necessary through the establishment of the necessary logistical arrangement and acceleration of the arrival and distribution of vital relief goods, the statement said.

    Myanmar's consent facilitates international relief workers to enter and operate in the country will undoubtedly contribute to the necessary immediate stepping up of the relief operation, it noted.

    The meeting stressed prevention of further unnecessary deaths through major extra effort from all quarters, national and international, to achieve the immediate objective, it said.

    The participating countries welcome a proposed creation of Yangon-based tripartite core group comprising representatives from the Myanmar government, ASEAN and the U.N. as a working mechanism for coordination, facilitating and monitoring the flow of international assistance into the country following the establishment of an ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force, led by the ASEAN Secretary-General, the statement said, adding that the group would begin work immediately to ensure full information exchange, close coordination and relief and recovery efforts and resolution of any problems which may arise.

    The international community is ready to consider helping Myanmar government for longer term as Myanmar made clear the scale of the rehabilitation, reconstruction and recovery efforts likely to be needed and the immediate requirement to ensure that farming and fishing activities could be resumed as soon as possible, the statement said.

    It stressed the need for a comprehensive rapid joint assessment of recovery needs, the development of a shared post-disaster recovery and reconstruction plan.

    The ASEAN-UN international pledging conference was held to seek further international financial aid commitment for Myanmar's cyclone aid relief and rehabilitation efforts. The conference, hosted by Myanmar, was participated by 51 countries and 24 U.N. organizations and international non-governmental organizations.

    Attendees included Myanmar Prime Minister General Thein Sein, ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan, U.N. Secretary-General BanKi-moon, ASEAN Chairman and Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi along with other delegates from ASEAN member states, donor countries as well as those from U.N. agencies, international financial institutions and non-governmental organization.