UN chief appoints Singaporean Noeleen Heyzer as new Myanmar special envoy
Dr Noeleen Heyzer has been appointed the new UN special envoy on Myanmar.
PHOTO: The Straits Times/Ong Wee Jin
PUBLISHED ONOctober 26, 2021 1:05 AM
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday (Oct 25) appointed Noeleen Heyzer of Singapore as his new special envoy on Myanmar, the United Nations said in a statement.
Heyzer, a former senior UN official, will replace Christine Schraner Burgener, who finishes up this weekend after more than three years in the role.
Protests and unrest have paralysed Myanmar since a Feb 1 military coup ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government.
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