UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations special envoy for Myanmar will step down in June, a spokesman for the UN chief told AFP Wednesday (May 31), after an 18-month tenure in which she was criticised by t
will step down in June, a spokesman for the UN chief told AFP Wednesday , after an 18-month tenure in which she was criticised by the junta and its opponents.
Noeleen Heyzer, who was named envoy by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in October 2021,"will conclude her assignment on Jun 12" when her contract ends, Stephane Dujarric said. She visited the Southeast Asian nation last August and met junta chief Min Aung Hlaing and other top military officials in a move criticised by rights groups as lending legitimacy to the generals.
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