BANGKOK -- The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Julie Bishop, a former Australian foreign minister, as his next special envoy for Myanmar. The position has been vacant since Noeleen Heyzer, a former U.N. undersecretary-general, left the post after 20 months in June 2023.
Myanmar Crisis
U.N. taps ex-Australian foreign minister as special envoy for Myanmar
Regional diplomats welcome 'strategic' appointment of Julie Bishop
Julie Bishop, then Australian foreign minister, arrives for a meeting in Canberra in August 2018. © Reuters
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