Julie Bishop appointed United Nations special envoy for Myanmar

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Former foreign minister named as UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ special envoy to country gripped by civil war

Former foreign minister Julie Bishop has been appointed United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ special envoy on Myanmar, the world body says.

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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