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UN Envoy to Myanmar Leaving Job

by VOA News

   The United Nations said Wednesday its envoy for Myanmar will leave the
   job when her contract ends June 12.

   Noeleen Heyzer, from Singapore, has been in the role since October
   2021, months after a military coup in Myanmar ousted the country's
   democratically elected government.

   U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters Wednesday that U.N.
   chief Antonio Guterres is thankful to Heyzer "for her tireless efforts
   on behalf of peace and the people of Myanmar."

   Heyzer told the U.N. General Assembly in March that violence has
   continued in Myanmar "at an alarming scale" and that she did not see a
   prospect for a negotiated settlement.

   Some information for this report came from The Associated Press and
   Agence France-Presse.