UNITED NATIONS: A key U.N. committee decided Wednesday to delay action on requests by Myanmars military junta and Afghanistans Taliban rulers to take their countries seats at the United Nations.
The announcement by the chair of the General Assemblys Credentials Committee means that the ambassadors from the former governments in Myanmar and Afghanistan will remain in their jobs.
Swedens U.N. Ambassador Anna Enestrm told reporters after a closed meeting of the nine-member committee which she chaired that the committee has decided to defer its decision of the credentials in these two situations. She said the committee has not scheduled another meeting and would not say how long the issue of credentials for Myanmar and Afghanistan would be deferred.
Myanmars military rulers sought to replace the countrys ambassador to the United Nations, Kyaw Moe Tun, who opposed their Feb. 1 ouster of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and takeover of the government.
Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin said in July that he had been terminated due to abuses of his assigned duty and mandate and that Aung Thurein, who left the military this year after 26 years, had been appointed as Myanmars U.N. ambassador.
The Taliban challenged the credentials of Ghulam Isaczai, the ambassador from Afghanistans former government which they ousted on Aug. 15, and sought to replace him with a new U.N. permanent representative, Mohammad Suhail Shaheen, who was a Taliban spokesman during peace negotiations in Qatar.
The Credentials Committees decision to defer action means that Myanmars Thurein and the Talibans Shaheen will not replace their predecessors — at least for now.
Swedens Enestrm said the committees report will be made public once it has been issued for the consideration of the General Assembly.
The members of the credentials committee are Sweden, the United States, Russia, China, Bahamas, Bhutan, Chile, Namibia and Sierra Leone..
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