 The United Nations envoy to Burma, Razali Ismail, says he has quit his post after being refused entry for the past two years to the military-ruled country. Mr Razali, a former Malaysian diplomat who has been trying to break Burma's political impasse since 2000, says he will not renew his contract. "My contract lapsed after December 2005. It is clear they [the military junta] do not want me back," Mr Razali said. "I have not been allowed to visit the [Burma] leadership in [Rangoon] in the past 22 months." He says that the United Nations has accepted his decision to quit his role as secretary-general Kofi Annan's special envoy. "So it is time for me to make an exit," he said. |