Piero Fassino, EU Special Envoy for Burma/Myanmar




EU HR Javier Solana with Piero Fassino

Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), appointed Piero Fassino as EU Special Envoy for Burma/Myanmar  on 6 November 2007.

Piero Fassino, an MP and former Italian Minister of Justice, will coordinate the European Union's efforts to bring about positive change in Burma/Myanmar. This appointment underlines the importance that the EU attaches to democratic change, reconciliation, the improvement of the human rights situation and development in Burma/Myanmar.

Mr Fassino will provide support to the UN efforts led by Ibrahim Gambari, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Myanmar.

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