Topic: Dealing with Civil and Political Unrest
Country: Argentina
Delegate Name: Mike Miller
School: Royal Oak High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Argentina position papers GLIMUN 2014 committees
This is a very broad topic. Let's start saying that. There is no specified city, no specified state. Just a generalization. We condone the use of brutal and violent force in dealing with civil and political unrest. In Argentina, we've had our fair share of political unrest. But we have dealt sufficiently with it.
Short of violence and peacekeeping, we would suggest holding regular elections for leaders and isolating the problem. Elections could take place every four, five, or six years, after having been agreed on by the people. By isolating the problem, we can quarantine whatever causes the political and civil unrest and make our nations as safe as they can be.
There is not a whole lot that the United Nations can do to cut down on political and civil unrest, seeing as we rely very heavily on the principal of national sovreignty to maintain members. We would like to stress that whether or not international organizations such as the United Nations try to deal with both of these kinds of unrest in their member countries, they need the member country that is affected by the unrest to give their consent before anything can be done. As far as we can tell, this committee will be based not on 'hows', but on 'if's.
We would like to see a resolution passed which would be effective in taking care of Political and Civil Unrest, but preserves every nation's right to sovereignty.
