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UN postpones decision on ambassadors from Myanmar, Taliban, Libya

Taliban fighters celebrate in August 2022 to mark the one-year anniversary of seizing power in Afghanistan [File: brahim Noroozi/AP Photo]

The United Nations General Assembly has approved postponing its decision on whether Myanmar’s military government and Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders can send ambassadors to the UN in New York, with the assembly also deferring its decision on rival claims to Libya’s UN seat.

The 193-member General Assembly approved by consensus a recommendation by its Credentials Committee to delay the vote on the matters on Friday.

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