Topic: 2025 – Responsibility of International Organizations
Country: Brazil
Delegate Name: Keegan Miller
Committee: Legal
Topic: Responsibility of International Organizations
Country: Brazil
Delegate: Keegan Miller
When an International Organization (IO) is deployed into an area of need for any reason, they must be able to provide the support by limiting the harm done to the inhabitants of the region. In the past, when IOs had been deployed into a region they have acted with some disregard to the inhabitants of said region. This has led to many unnecessary civilian casualties that wouldn’t have happened if an IO had stepped in. While IOs may be important to help and support a region during its time of need, the actions and crimes that they commit have sometimes gone unpunished, or barely punished at all.
Brazil has historically believed that IOs must be held accountable for their actions and no organization deployed to an area can do more damage then what it was sent out to prevent (Avezov). With this Brazil in the past has created articles like the RWP which stands to help prevent an organization from rushing into a situation and ending up causing more harm to said situation than they were sent out to prevent with strict barriers to be set in place to slow down the response of these organizations. These barriers would allow IOs to accurately assess the damage and harm of an Area.
With this UN position on the topic has been contrarily different with them having a more head on approach to IOs being involved. The more popular position in the UN is one of immediate aid to the region that is being harmed through IOs and little punishment to an IO if they do end up causing harm. Relevant to this issue is the R2P docterine which aims to support regions undergoing hardships like genocide, war crimes against the people, and crimes against humanity (What is R2P?), through rapid and immediate response to the region. This would mean that IOs would be deployed rapidly to an area regardless of whether or not the full situation is known. In short, if a situation is deemed to be an atrocity then immediate action must be had.
It is because of this that Brazil believes that more time is required to deliberate and debate on a potential humanitarian crisis at hand. As well, when an IO is deployed, they must face consequences for their actions and cannot be allowed to harm civilians in an already bad situation. This is why Brazil proposes the “Responsability of International Organizations” which aims to hold every IO accountable for their actions.
Work cited
“What Is R2P?” Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, 17 Sept. 2025, www.globalr2p.org/what-is-r2p/.
Avezov, Xenia. “‘Responsibility While Protecting’: Are We Asking the Wrong Questions?” SIPRI, www.sipri.org/node/409.
