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Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations publicly opposed the national army and called on the UN General Assembly to act urgently to help reverse the political turmoil in the country.
Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, who remains loyal to the civilian government overthrown by Myanmar’s military in early February, delivered a powerful speech to the UN General Assembly on February 26.
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| Myanmar’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Kyaw Moe Tun. Photo: ABC |
“We need even stronger action from the international community to immediately end the military coup, stop the repression of innocent people, return state power to the people and restore democracy,” emphasized Mr. Moe Tun.
According to CNN, the diplomat received rare applause from his United Nations colleagues at the end of his speech.
The new US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, praised these statements as courageous from the Myanmar envoy. The official stressed that the United States “continues to strongly condemn” the political regime in Myanmar, as well as the killings of unarmed protesters. Washington will continue with humanitarian assistance activities in the Southeast Asian country, he added.
Myanmar plunged into unrest after the army staged a coup on February 1, arresting a number of civilian government officials, including State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint. Although the military generals declared a one-year emergency and pledged to hold new elections to replace last November’s general elections, accused by them of cheating, protests against major changes still took place in Myanmar for the 21st consecutive day.
Sources present at the scene said that on February 25, Myanmar police had to fire at least 10 real bullets into the air to disperse the crowd of protesters in Yangon. So far, at least 4 protesters have been killed in clashes with riot control forces.
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