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UN Envoy U Kyaw Moe Tun Refuses Myanmar Coup Government

By Drooid · Sep 20, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC · How we work

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U Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s UN envoy, stays at the New York permanent mission despite the military coup.
He arrived in New York in 2020 as Myanmar’s representative to the United Nations.
The five-story sandstone townhouse on East 77th Street houses military-backed officials on its top two floors.
He occupies the lower three floors and refuses to recognize the military-backed government as legitimate.

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U Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s UN envoy, stays at the New York permanent mission despite the military coup.
He arrived in New York in 2020 as Myanmar’s representative to the United Nations.
The five-story sandstone townhouse on East 77th Street houses military-backed officials on its top two floors.
He occupies the lower three floors and refuses to recognize the military-backed government as legitimate.