It's virtually certain no one will speak for Myanmar at U.N.

The dispute between Myanmar’s military rulers and the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi that they ousted about who should represent the country at the United Nations hasn’t been resolved

The dispute between Myanmar’s military rulers and the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi that they ousted about who should represent the country at the United Nations hasn’t been resolved. But what appears virtually certain is that neither will speak at the General Assembly’s annual meeting of world leaders.

Myanmar was scheduled to be one of the final speakers at the six-day gathering on the afternoon of September 27. But U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric on September 24 said, “At this point, Myanmar is not speaking.”

Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin said in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in July that he had appointed Aung Thurein, who left the military this year after 26 years, as Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador.