September 5, 2022
Other Event
in Singapore
The ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute will organize a hybrid seminar featuring UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Dr. Noeleen Heyzer on 5 September 2022 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am (Singapore/GMT+8).
Since assuming her current duties in December 2021, Dr. Noeleen Heyzer has engaged stakeholders in Myanmar to understand the challenges and aspirations for a home-grown solution to the country’s crisis and for a just, inclusive and peaceful future. Though the UN General Assembly initially established the Special Envoy’s mandate in 2018 to address the Rohingya crisis, the challenges facing the Myanmar people have now grown in both scope and urgency.
Dr. Heyzer is now working to facilitate greater political support, internationally and regionally, to address the multiple needs and vulnerabilities in Myanmar that have worsened since the February 2021 coup.
The Special Envoy’s work supports a Myanmar-led process to build sustainable peace and an inclusive society based on democracy and human rights. Helping to address the root causes of the disenfranchisement of the Rohingya and ethnic minorities and ensuring the safe, dignified, voluntary and sustainable return of displaced people remain at the center of her mandate, and a priority area for national reconciliation and regional stability. Her recent trips to Myanmar and Bangladesh are part of this work.
Dr. Heyzer has advocated for delivering aid through all existing channels and inclusive processes, to support local humanitarian networks and to build community-based resilience, without discrimination or politicization.
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