Topic: Situation in Congo
Country: Sudan
Delegate Name: Jun Sik Won
School: Ann Arbor Community High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Sudan position papers GLIMUN 2008 committees
The crisis in Congo has largely escaped the attention of the International community. The current conflict has stemmed from previous Second Congo War and the original cause is elusive and fabricated. This, however, should not be a reason why the International community is ignoring such issue. In January 2008, Goma agreement was reached but the agreement did not stop any militia group from violating its agreements. The Republic of Sudan calls for an intervention by the International community to prevent such violations from occurring and further suggest that immediate measure are enforced to stabilize the renewed violence.
The crisis in Congo is so widespread and prevalent; it could easily overwhelm under prepared actions, similar to what happened with MONUC. In order to prevent another failure, the problem must be tackled at couple different levels. First, the problem needs to be contains within the country. Rwanda has been accused of supporting militia groups to oppose the FDLR or the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda. If such intervene by another country is allowed, this could easily escalate into Second Congo War, where eight African nations were involved. Also this includes border controls and refugees. The surrounding nations, including the Republic of Sudan have been accepting the Congolese refugees without proper or adequate aids to support displaced population. The Republic of Sudan requests humanitarian and economic aids to help support these refugees from Congo crisis.
Second, the crisis needs to be broken into manageable size. Once the crisis had been contained, the regions of most violent conflict need to be isolated and handled. At this point, the crisis in Congo can be separated into Kivu and Ituri Conflicts. The International community must come up with an appropriate program to deal with these issues. The MONUC has failed more times than it has succeeded. The Republic of Sudan suggests a drastic reformation of the MONUC operation to improve its effectiveness or an introduction of more suitable program to alleviate the situation in Congo, especially in Ituri.
