UN special envoy to Burma Vijay Nambiar talks with reporters after visiting a refugee camp in Meikhtila during a previous trip in March. (Reuters) DVB News September 03, 2013 The United Nations’ special envoy to Burma, Vijay Nambiar, wrapped up his tour to the country on Monday following visits to the towns of Sittwe and Sandoway in Arakan state. Aye Win, a UN spokesperson in Rangoon, confirmed Nambiar was leaving on 2 September but could not provide any further details about the envoy’s visit. Nambiar travelled to the Sino-Burmese border to meet Kachin rebel leaders; to Meikhtila, the scene of recent anti-Muslim riots; and to the restive state of Arakan where communal violence between Buddhist Arakanese and the Muslim Rohingya community over the past 15 months has left dozens dead and 140,000 displaced from their homes. According to the National League for Democracy’s Sandoway district chairman Win Naing, the UN envoy met on Monday with religious leaders and...