Myanmar United Nations

The decision is a victory for the opposition National Unity Government – but will the U.N.'s various agencies follow suit?

On the fifth anniversary of the army's ethnic cleansing campaign, Antonio Guterres said that the Rohingya must be included in any resolution to the country's political crisis.

The established humanitarian presence in the region makes the Thai-Myanmar border a logical conduit for aid.

Under a deal brokered by the U.S. and China, the decision over Myanmar's U.N. seat will be deferred until November.

For the General Assembly to accord recognition to Myanmar's junta would effectively sanction armed seizures of power.

The stakes are high: the U.N. decision will give either the junta or the NUG the imprimatur of international legitimacy.

But the military's takeover has trapped foreign governments between dueling moral and diplomatic imperatives.

The coup has given way to to a dispute over who should represent Myanmar at the United Nations.

Continued conflict suggests a long road ahead for vulnerable populations in the country.