Burma's military junta has criticized U.S. attempts to put the country on the U.N. Security Council's permanent agenda.
The state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper said Saturday the action shows that Washington wants to overthrow the ruling junta and install a puppet government.
The paper accused U.S. lawmakers of working with Burmese exile groups to use the Security Council for political gain.
The United States submitted a formal request this month to have Burma put on the council's agenda, calling the country a threat to international peace and security.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, said a refugee crisis in Burma, outbreaks of HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases, drug trafficking and the military government's detention of more than one-thousand political prisoners are having a destabilizing impact on the region.
Similar U.S. efforts in the past to have Burma placed on the Council's permanent agenda have been blocked by Russia, China and other Asian countries.
Information for this report is provided by AFP.
