Julie Bishop ‘deeply honoured’ to be appointed UN special envoy for Myanmar
by Australian Associated Press and Rafqa Touma from on (#6KWF7)
Former Australian foreign minister named as secretary general Antonio Guterres' special envoy to country gripped by civil war
The former Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop has been appointed the United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres' special envoy on Myanmar, the world body has said.
Bishop, the Australian National University's chancellor, will take up the UN role that has been vacant since June last year, when Singaporean diplomat Noeleen Heyzer stepped down.
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