UN envoy to Myanmar quits after entry ban
The United Nations envoy to Myanmar, Razali Ismail, said yesterday he had quit his post after being refused entry for the past two years to the military-ruled country where he is pushing for reforms.
Razali, a former Malaysian diplomat who has been trying to break Myanmar's political impasse since 2000, said he would not renew his contract, which ran until the end of last year.
"My contract lapsed after December 2005. It is clear they (the military junta) do not want me back," Razali told AFP.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "I have not been allowed to visit the Myanmar leadership in Yangon in the past 22 months."
He said that the United Nations had accepted his decision to quit his role as secretary-general Kofi Annan's special envoy to Myanmar.
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