If ASEAN is not allowed a mediating role, the Thai-Cambodian spat may wind its way back to the United Nations Security Council, which earlier delegated the issue to ASEAN amidst heavy lobbying by Cambodia and Thailand. Cambodia wants to multilateralize the border conflict as much as Thailand tries to limit it to bilateral negotiations.
如果东南亚联盟无法从中斡旋，泰柬两国将会求助于联合国安理会，而正是联合国早前在泰柬两国的努力游说下将这一事务委派给东南亚联盟。柬埔寨希望将这个边境事务国际化，而泰国则试图将其限定在双边谈判的范围内。