UN special envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer to leave post in June

United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar, Noeleen Heyzer (centre) visits a Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhia on August 23, 2022. Heyzer will step down, a spokesman for the UN chief told AFP on may 31, 2023, after an 18-month tenure in which she was criticized by the junta and its opponents and with the country in turmoil. "Noeleen Heyzer, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, will conclude her assignment on 12 June," Stephane Dujarric said, without giving a reason for her departure. - AFP

UNITED NATIONS, June 1 (AP): Noeleen Heyzer, the UN special envoy for conflict-torn Myanmar, will be leaving the job in June, the United Nations announced Wednesday night.

She took on the job in October 2021 following the military coup in February of that year that ousted the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and has led to widespread armed resistance.