UN special envoy for Myanmar to step down: UN chief spokesman

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Noeleen Heyzer, a Singaporean sociologist, was named as envoy by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in 2021. Read more at straitstimes.com.

UNITED NATIONS, United States - The United Nations special envoy for Myanmar will step down, a spokesman for the UN chief told AFP on Wednesday, after an 18-month tenure in which she was criticised by the junta and its opponents and with“Noeleen Heyzer, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, will conclude her assignment on June 12,” Mr Stephane Dujarric said, without giving a reason for her departure.

The global body’s secretary-general, Mr Antonio Guterres, “is thankful to Ms Heyzer for her tireless efforts on behalf of peace and the people of Myanmar,” the spokesman said, adding a new envoy would be appointed.and tasked with urging the Myanmar junta to launch political dialogue with its opponents.and met junta chief Min Aung Hlaing and other top military officials in a move criticised by rights groups.

But she was denied a meeting with detained democracy leader Aun San Suu Kyi and later irked junta officials who accused her of issuing a “one-sided statement” of what had been discussed.with ethnic rebels and the formation of dozens of “People’s Defence Forces” now battling the junta. AFP

 

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