Topic: Korean Peninsula
Country: Philippines
Delegate Name: Sarah Ellwood
School: Forest Hills Central High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Philippines position papers GLIMUN 2007 committees
With the controversy of the war being so vastly disruptive to the Korean peninsula over the past 60 or so years, the Philippines was delighted to see that both countries have agreed to work together again. The separation of the two countries has put much strain on both sides economically and diplomatically. Although the North and South Korea are on newly good terms, it is still a fragile situation that needs to be thoroughly discussed before any working agreements can come out of this situation.
The specific situation of disarming the North will be one of particular challenge, as it always poses to be. In the past, North Korea has agreed to abide by certain nonproliferation standards, but soon after it continued to pursue its own interests on many occasions. Once again this is a problem presented to the international community. The North has agreed to work on disarming itself with the help of South Korea, the international community as a whole backs this action, but it is still a tricky situation to deal with ultimately. National sovereignty must be upheld in order to get the North to agree to suggestions and regulations.
Another main topic discussion in this area is the actual unification of the two countries into its original one peninsula. Although complete reunification may not be the most likely situation to happen immediately, a peaceful contract between the two countries and a continuation of diplomatic talks should be a main goal of this committee. It is up to the international community to establish and ensure at this time peaceful solutions to these problems and the Philippines has complete faith in this task given the cooperation and support of every member state.
