COUNTRIES DENIED UN SEATS

MYANMAR’S junta yesterday slammed a UN decision to deny its chosen representative a seat at the world body and keep in place an envoy appointed by Aung San Suu Kyi’s ousted government. The committee responsible for approving nominations of ambassadors to the

UN met on Wednesday but deferred a decision over the rival claims to Myanmar and Afghanistan’s seats, diplomats said. The deferral keeps in place envoys appointed to the UN by both governments before they were toppled – by a coup in Myanmar in February and the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan in August.