Topic: Situation in the Korean Peninsula
Country: Kenya
Delegate Name: Jackson Peebles
School: Mattawan High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Kenya position papers GLIMUN 2009 committees
It is imperative that quick action is taken by the collaborative United Nations, including the Security Council as well as the General Assembly, while North Korea is politically weak. The atrocities committed by Kim Jong Il to both his own people and other nations over the years are unacceptable. Regardless of the famine ravishing the citizens of the totalitarian dictatorship, international relief organizations have been generally unable to help.
In addition, recent abductions of foreign journalists and nuclear testing has become more common in the past decade. Kidnapping citizens of another nation is against international protocol, and must be addressed. The presence of weapons-grade Uranium in the hands of an unstable nation with a history of hostility towards other nations is greatly alarming and should also be issued immediately.
Resolutions must be passed to create additional economic sanctions against North Korea to prevent the collection of resources in their nation. This will help the international community as a whole become more secure. North Korea, as a dangerous country, should not be permitted nuclear capabilities of any variety; however, this should not infringe upon the use of nuclear power for any other countries. Kenya, as a developing nation, would enjoy some level of nuclear freedom, but feels no need for nuclear weapons.
Kenya believes that if additional, more strict sanctions are passed, North Korea will eventually give in and be forced to cooperate on a global scale. At that point, international relief may be able to aid the citizens of the country. However, relief should not be granted until the point that Kim Jong Il is willing to cooperate (or passes away and leaves the country in more stable hands), as it would simply prolong the struggle in the Korean Peninsula. The Security Council should also be called upon to investigate this issue, and improve upon the decisions made in Security Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874.
