UN chief appoints former Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop as UN special envoy for Myanmar

The post has been vacant for 10 months as the country's conflict escalated into the worst violence since the military takeover in 2021.

The nationwide armed conflict in Myanmar began after the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021 and suppressed widespread nonviolent protests that sought a return to democratic rule. Despite its great advantage in armaments and manpower, the military has been unable to quell the resistance movement. Over the past five months, the army has been routed in northern Shan state, is conceding swaths of territory in Rakhine state in the west, and is under growing attack elsewhere.

Assistant Secretary-General for political affairs Khaled Khiari told the UN Security Council on Thursday that the intensifying conflict is having a devastating impact on human rights, fundamental freedoms and basic needs of millions of people — as well as "alarming spillover effects" in the region.

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