The U.N. Credentials Committee renewed the mandate of Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun as Burma’s Permanent Representative for another one year, until the end of 2025. The committee, which reviews and assesses country-level representatives at the U.N, held its meeting in November but made the announcement on Friday. 

“We have successfully continued to prevent the violent military regime from representing Myanmar. Through the U.N., we can continue to amplify the voices and desires of the people. This is a victory for the people.” Aung Myo Min, the National Unity Government (NUG) Minister of Human Rights, shared to social media.

The regime nominated Aung Thurein to replace Kyaw Moe Tun as Burma’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. in 2021, following the military coup that ousted the National League for Democracy (NLD) government led by Aung San Suu Kyi. Kyaw Moe Tun remains loyal to the NLD and the elected lawmakers’ Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), which formed the NUG after the coup, and refuses to recognize the regime.