Topic: Improving Political Conflict Resolution Mechanisms
Country: Madagascar
Delegate Name: Alexander Raveane
School: Roeper School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Madagascar position papers GLIMUN 2012 committees
The Republic of Madagascar has had many internal conflicts in the past, including a coup d’état in 2009, so we know their horrible effects. Countries in external and internal conflicts often are greatly depleted of money and very unstable. Madagascar believes that the current conflict resolution methods of the United Nations need to be revised, so these situations can be better managed. The current methods of UN conflict resolution, such as deployment of peacekeepers, could be more effective, if they were antiquity financed. Also, though, since the UN charter states that the General Assembly can only recommend solutions, it is not possible to enforce the General Assembly’s resolutions.
External and internal conflicts must both be dealt with differently. External conflicts could be solved effectively by the General Assembly, if they could enforce their decisions. Even if an effective resolution is passed, the General Assembly alone cannot enforce their decision. Madagascar believes that the General Assembly must have sufficient power to enforce their decisions, in order to better solve external conflicts. The Republic of Madagascar, does however, believe in both external and internal conflicts, that, generally the UN should not help sovereign countries that refuse aid, because they have the right to do so, unless the government is deliberately harming its people.
Also, financing peacekeepers remains a large problem. Developed countries with powerful economies should help finance peacekeeping missions. Madagascar cannot make any major economical contributions, as we are a recipient of foreign aid ourselves, but we would be willing to commit our armed forces to peacekeeping as we have done in The Democratic Republic of Congo. France, our largest trading partner and ally, has demonstrated its willingness to contribute economically to countries in distress in 2008, when they gave 700,000 Euros to aid the victims of the post-election violence in Kenya.
Madagascar believes that more methods for internal conflict resolutions need to be created. The resolutions that deal with civil wars are similar to the ones that deal with external crises, but there are no effective methods to deal with coups and other unconstitutional changes in government. The Republic of Madagascar believes that strong foreign aid is necessary to help countries experiencing internal conflicts return to a constitutional state of government. The economic issues stated in external conflicts also apply to internal conflicts.
