LONDON - Britain's prime minister has accused authorities in Myanmar of behaving inhumanely by preventing foreign aid from reaching victims of this month's devastating cyclone.

Gordon Brown says the country's regime cares more about its own survival than the welfare of its people.

In an interview with the BBC Saturday, Brown called the regime's behaviour "inhuman."

Brown said a natural disaster "is being made into a man-made catastrophe by the negligence, the neglect and the inhuman treatment of the Burmese people by a regime that is failing to act and to allow the international community to do what it wants to do."

He says the authorities in Myanmar, also known as Burma, must be held to account for their actions.

Brown's comments reflect rising international frustration with Myanmar's military regime and the slow pace of relief for victims of the cyclone.

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