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Dr Noeleen Heyzer was an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations () and the highest ranking Singaporean in the UN system during her term.
Noeleen Heyzer (born 26 April ) is a Singaporean social scientist, diplomat, and United Nations official who was the United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar....
Noeleen Heyzer (PhD, Social and Political Sciences) is an expert in conflict resolution, economic development and women’s rights, and was the first woman to serve as the executive secretary of the U.N.
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific from to
In her memoirs Beyond Storms and Stars, published this year by Random House/Penguin, she reflects on her remarkable journey – from the challenges of her childhood and youth, her intellectual development at the University of Singapore and the University of Cambridge, to her groundbreaking work on women’s empowerment and her meteoric rise to the position of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
In October, Dr Heyzer was named the next United Nations special envoy for Myanmar/Burma.
Her appointment was announced by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on 25th October, a day before the opening of a crucialsummit of government leaders from Asean, the member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, to wh