YANGON, Dec 27, 2021 (BSS/AFP) - The new United Nations special envoy to 
Myanmar on Monday said she was "deeply concerned" by escalating violence in 
the country and called for a new year ceasefire between the military and its 
opponents.

   Special envoy Noeleen Heyzer "is deeply concerned by the continued 
escalation of violence in Kayin State and other parts of Myanmar," she said 
in her first statement since she was appointed in October.