Topic: Situation in Congo
Country: China
Delegate Name: Jim Smith
School: Roeper School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All China position papers GLIMUN 2008 committees
The People's Republic of China is deeply concerned by the crisis unfolding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). While the Congolese people have experienced numerous internal conflicts in the past decade, we feel that the intervention of outside forces, in any situation but particularly in this one, can only lead to further strife.
China believes that the efforts of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC), while achieving limited success in some areas, are in the end detrimental to the course of the DRC’s future. The DRC must learn to be independent in order to have any hope of achieving true sovereignty, which is the goal of every nation. Such issues and concerns as those of the DRC must be addressed and resolved domestically via non-military means–within the confines of international and domestic law. Every nation must be able to exercise self-determination without fear of interference. While the international community may offer aid, and can supply suggestions for solving the Congo crisis, these “suggestions” must not be accompanied by intervention, armed or otherwise.
The People's Republic of China proposes that before international intervention makes the DRC wholly dependent on outside nations, MONUC must be dismantled, and the Congolese must be allowed to solve their problems themselves. At the heart of the DRC’s problem is the inability of the central government to effectively maintain control of its national territory. The PRC has no desire to influence the wishes of any nation's government with regards to domestic affairs – to do so would be a violation of their national sovereignty – and we hope that other nations hold no such aspirations. However, the People’s Republic of China is ready to assist the DRC in bilateral exchanges of any nature that the DRC may request, be it of an economic, diplomatic, or technical nature, that will better enable them to defend themselves and bring their territory under control of the national government.
