Clash over Myanmar UN seat averted as junta’s replacement quits

A clash was averted over who represents Myanmar at the United Nations in New York following a Feb 1 military coup, after the junta’s replacement quit and the Myanmar UN mission confirmed that Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun remained in the job.

Kyaw Moe Tun (photo above) was fired by the junta on Saturday, a day after he urged countries at the 193-member UN General Assembly to use “any means necessary” to reverse the coup that ousted the nation’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.