IF, You must be talking about the final showdown, otherwise the battle has long started. What do you think about the final showdown ? Tiananmen square is very old history and Nepal is no China. Besides, UN-OHCHR is not in Kathmandu for no reason. Nepe Sir, No, I am not talking about the final showdown. I am talking about the MAIN battle. What you are seeing in Nepal is not a battle, its minor skirmishes. So don't start claiming victory yet. One rule of the warfare which Chankya, Sun Tzu and Claude Von Clauswitz emphasized is: Never underestimate your opponents/enemies. The presence of UN-OHCHR does not mean anything as long as India does not want the UN to play a meaningful role in Nepal. OHCHR is just a UN organ like UNESCO and UNICEF. It in itself does not have any power to influence or interfare in the country's affairs. Its just a monitoring body that submits its report to the Secretary General , which is then Submitted to the GA (depending on the seriousness of the situation).. then GA has to pass a resolution on Nepal, then the Security Council has to ratify it. If you are even a bit familiar of how the UN System works, you would know this. The UN is here just for the sake of it. When the UN decides to involve itself in a country, it first seeks approval and help from the neighbors of the country. As long as India and China do not approve of and agree to help with the UN operations/works and mediation in Nepal, it will not get itself involved in Nepal's affairs. Its simple as that. Also look at things from a broader perspective. Nepal is bidding for a UN Security Council seat for the next term. If Nepal gets the seat, the governmnet will have more power to block the UN intervention and or presence in Nepal. Nepal can block any resolution on troops mobilization/humanitarian intervention or other UN operations in Nepal because the major powers of the world will need Nepal's vote to carry out other far more strategically important (for them) operations. So much for this thread.