The UK-drafted resolution urges the junta to end violence and immediately free political prisoners including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. India, China and Russia abstained.
Five National League for Democracy figures, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, are on trial over what Australian adviser Sean Turnell says were economic recommendations.
The Irrawaddy looks at the individuals, groups and forces that shaped the course of events in one of the most tumultuous years in Myanmar’s modern history.