Topic: 2025 – Criminal Accountability of UN Officials
Country: Thailand
Delegate Name: Jennavieve Conant
In the growing years, with the increase in wars or problems between countries, it’s very important to hold governments accountable for their actions. It is important to make sure that when someone steps out of line, other countries make sure they are prosecuted for their actions, because once one country steps out of line and doesn’t face repercussions, then this will expand every country’s access to do what they want without facing problems. It’s like a sweater; once it is stretched out, it is very difficult for you to shrink it. This is similar to if you let the power expand access to break laws without having punishments for them, it is very hard to shrink that power back to what it once was. Thailand usually aligns with the UN legal terms, which are treaties being upheld and that are a binding agreement that shouldn’t be broken, and that protocol will be followed when deciding on ideas and solving problems. They support peaceful resolution and a desire for problems to be settled fairly and peacefully. They also suppose the progress on human rights and refugees. However, just because they support the pursuit of international legal dispute resolutions, it does not mean that they do not believe in order and justice. If a country breaks a law, Thailand would want to see them prosecuted for their actions. They believe in accountability for their actions and respect due process, but when they choose between whether they should be charged in their home country, host country, or the UN. They would pick between the UN and their home country because they believe that countries have a duty to exercise criminal jurisdiction over their nationals, even when the crime that they commit happened abroad in another country. Overall, Thailand believes in fairness in prosecutions because it respects law and order, believing that all crimes should be punished. When deciding what actions are needed when an offense happens that hurts the UN, or a crime is committed
