Pressure appears to be building over who should officially represent Myanmar at the United Nations.

Over the last few weeks, the Myanmar public in protests across the country calling on the UN to keep Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, who is a member of the National Unity Government (NUG), that effectively represents the democratically-elected civilian government of Myanmar. 

In an op-ed published last week in Pass Blue, which provides independent commentary and reporting on the UN, the call is made to accept him officially.

In the op-ed, entitled “The UN General Assembly Must Fix Myanmar’s Muddled Representation and Send a Profound Message to the Junta,” by Chris Gunness and Damian Lilly, they write that as the 77th session of the Assembly opens, its highly secretive Credentials Committee must decide in the next few months who will represent Myanmar throughout the UN system: the current representative, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun for the NUG, or an envoy installed by the Myanmar military junta.

Besides the permanent members of China, Russia and the US, the new members of the Credentials Committee are Angola, Austria, Guyana, Maldives, Uruguay and Zambia.

The main message from the writers is that “the Assembly give not just tacit acceptance to the NUG ambassador but also accept explicitly his credentials and clarify its decision that it supports the NUG’s representatives throughout the UN system.”

The full op-ed can be read here: 

https://www.passblue.com/2022/09/13/the-un-general-assembly-must-fix-mya...