Topic: 2026 – Implementation of Sanctions
Country: China
Delegate Name: Owen Krueger
11/26/2025
Submitted to: Special Committee on the United Nations Charter
From: China
Subject: Article 51
The People’s Republic of China sits as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and throughout the body’s history has invariably had a major influence on the sanctions backed by the UNSC due to the PRCs veto power. Sanctions imposed by the UNSC serve an important purpose in order to sway individuals to negotiate and stop whatever action they have taken which caused the sanctions. In imposing sanctions the UNSC with the backing of member nations of the UN has successfully sanctioned over 30 regimes in pursuit of peace and upholding the UN Charter. Sanctions have been the main weapon of peaceful coercion by the UNSC and must remain effective.
However some nations have taken sanctioning into their own hands. This form of sanctioning by rogue nations does not assist the global effort for peace among the international community but hinders it as these rogue nations use sanctions as a geopolitical tool to get others to comply with their agenda. The People’s Republic of China is strongly of the opinion that the implementation of sanctions should be under the authority of the United Nations Security Council not under the authority of rogue nations wishing to score geopolitical points and grow their leverage.
Sanctions by the United Nations have also usually been against targeted groups or individuals instead of sweeping unilateral actions against whole countries. The People’s Republic of China is of the belief that these sweeping sanctions are not effective enough to justify the large amounts of economic and social harm that comes from sanctioning a whole nation. When the United Nations sanctions an entire nation instead of just its leaders it takes that nation’s people as collateral which is wholly unnecessary. Oftentimes it is just the leader of a nation who makes a decision which results in getting the nation sanctioned. It is logical to sanction the decision maker not the innocent third party. The global community seizing assents, suspending visas, and enacting travel bans on those who are sanctioned are effective non-violent ways to achieve the change desired in non-violent action.
The People’s Republic of China is extremely interested to see the recommendations this body makes over the span of this committee. China is of the opinion that keeping sanctions targeted to specific individuals and groups as well as the decision to enact sanctions in the hands of the United Nations Security Council is an extremely important step in making sure that sanctions remain an effective tool for upholding the United Nations Charter. These goals for sanctions allows them to be made much more stable as a tool and prevents the United Nations from alienating and causing major harm to a nation and its people for the decision of a handful of individuals. The People’s Republic of China looks forward to discussing these items in committee.
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