WELLINGTON, April 4 — New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins Tuesday appointed his predecessor Jacinda Ardern as special envoy for the Christchurch Call, a New Zealand-led global initiative to fight terrorism and extremism after the March 15 deadly mosque shootings in 2019, reported Xinhua.

BANGKOK, Aug 7 — Three months after Asean agreed on the Five-Point Consensus, the block on Wednesday announced the appointment of a special envoy to facilitate the mediation of the dialogue process in Myanmar.