Myanmar regime fails to unseat pro-resistance UN ambassador

Moscow stops short of backing removal of Kyaw Moe Tun as committee defers decision

20221214 Myanmar's United Nations ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun

A U.N. committee has decided to keep Kyaw Moe Tun in his seat as Myanmar's ambassador for the time being, according to sources. © Reuters

THOMPSON CHAU and DOMINIC OO, Contributing writers

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's military regime has failed to unseat an envoy to the United Nations who was appointed by the democratically elected but ousted government under Aung San Suu Kyi, dealing a blow to the army's quest for international recognition.

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