Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun vowed to continue to "fight" after being sacked by the Myanmar military government for his speech "betraying the country".

"I have decided to fight as long as I can," Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun said on February 27, after Myanmar's state media announced that he had been fired for "betraying the country".

The Myanmar military government accused Kyaw Moe Tun of "speaking to an informal organization and not representing the country, and abusing the power and responsibility of an ambassador" in his dismissal notice.

In his shocking speech at the United Nations earlier, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun chokedly urged countries to use "whatever means needed" to reverse the "coup" on February 1, when the military

The United Nations has not yet recognized the military government as Myanmar's new government because "it has not received notice of any changes," an agency official said.

"We have not received any information regarding the change of Myanmar representation at the United Nations headquarters in New York," said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.

If the Myanmar military government, led by General Min Aung Hlaing, tries to seek international recognition by bringing a new representative to the UN, it could cause controversy and lead to a vote at

The UN had to settle a dispute over representation in this agency.

Kyaw Moe Tun said on February 26 that he represented the government of Adviser Suu Kyi, calling for help in reversing "illegal and unconstitutional military coup".

Myanmar's elected parliamentarians formed a committee after the coup and Kyaw Moe Tun said it was "Myanmar's legally elected government and should be recognized by the international community".

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged to increase pressure from the international community to "ensure this coup fails".