Topic: Situation in Egypt
Country: United States
Delegate Name: Daniel Nondorf
School: Mattawan High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All United States position papers GLIMUN 2013 committees
In the past years since the Arab Spring, Egypt has faced multiple reforms in government which has led to a military-ruled institution. After Mubarak was ousted, the Muslim Brotherhood brought a new leader into office. This man, Mohammed Morsi controlled Egypt from February 2011 to June 2012. Under the rule of the Islamist Morsi, many of the rights of the Egyptian people have been ignored, such as when he moved to take power to solidify his decisions. Morsi usurped the power of the state by creating laws that allow his decisions to remain unquestioned. When seeing that this leader was worse than the previous, the Egyptian people once again arose to protest for Morsi's resignation from office. The military acted in a coup d'etat to remove Morsi from his position. Egypt has since remained under the control of a military appointed government. Yet, the Muslim Brotherhood advocates for the return of Mohammed Morsi.
The United States sees this crisis as a difficult obstacle in the lives of Egypt. In its hope to relieve Egyptian civilians of such difficulties, the U.S. wishes to intervene in these matters. Through delegations on the subject, the U.S. hopes to bring a more stable environment to Egypt.
The United States is greatly troubled by the military crackdown on protesters speaking against the military government. The United States sees that cutting aid to the Egyptian government can potentially bring the government to negotiations. The U.S. finds it unacceptable that such violence is brought upon protesters in Egypt. The United States find that to defend human rights, aid to the current military regime should be cut. The United States sees that the government in Egypt should be facilitated by United Nation actions.
