Noeleen Heyzer
Noeleen Heyzer, a member of the UN secretary-general’s high-level advisory board on mediation, is a distinguished fellow of the Singapore Management University and the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. She was formerly the executive director of Unifem, the precursor to UN Women; as an under secretary-general, she was also the first woman appointed executive secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap).
- Opinion by Noeleen Heyzer
- • March 9, 2021
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SINGAPORE — The situation in Myanmar is growing more violent and polarized. If the situation continues without urgent intervention, the safety and security of civilians will deteriorate rapidly and a window for dialogue between the military and Daw Aung…
- Categories: Myanmar, OPINIONS, Responsibility to Protect, US Foreign Relations
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- Opinion by Noeleen Heyzer
- • December 8, 2020
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SINGAPORE — With two Asean members, Vietnam and Indonesia, currently sitting in the United Nations Security Council, the region has advanced Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. This is the first global framework that addresses the changing nature…
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, OPINIONS, Security Council
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- Noeleen Heyzer
- • April 23, 2020
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SINGAPOREÂ — Singapore now has the highest number of Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia, at 11,178, as of April 23. The daily coronavirus infection rate reached a new high of 1,426 as I write. Just over a month ago, Singapore,…
- Categories: Asia, Covid-19, Health and Population
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- Opinion by Noeleen Heyzer
- • November 10, 2019
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At the 33d summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Singapore last year, the issue of Myanmar’s Rakhine/Rohingya crisis was high on the agenda. The chairman’s closing statement expressed the group’s readiness to support Myanmar in repatriating…
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