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UNITED NATIONS (REUTERS) – No representative from Myanmar is scheduled to address the annual high-level United Nations General Assembly, a UN spokesman said on Friday (Sept 24), amid rival claims for the country’s UN seat in New York after a military coup ousted the elected government. Competing claims have also been made on Afghanistan’s UN seat after the Taliban seized power last month. The ambassador for the ousted government is set to give his speech on Monday. “At this point, Myanmar is not speaking,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. Myanmar’s current UN Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun – appointed by Ms...
