Topic: The Question of Kurdistan
Country: Morocco
Delegate Name: Chloe Jacobs
School: Forest Hills Northern High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Morocco position papers GLIMUN 2014 committees
Morocco believes that the Kurds should have the right to form an independent nation due to the fact that in the initial treaty, the Treaty of Sèvres, it provided the Kurds a separate state, Kurdistan. Subsequently, in 1924 a second treaty of which the Kurds had no participation in, failed to mention Kurdistan as a separate state. There was no stated reason on why Kurdistan was left out of the second treaty.
Additionally, Morocco believes that the states in which there is over a certain percentage of Kurds, should be involved in the negotiations to determine the location of Kurdistan. Also, the states would participate in the negotiation of the rights afforded to the Kurds. An independent counsel made up of an uninterested country/ region/ state should oversee the negotiation process to ensure that the process is successful.
Morocco believes the only alternative is to establish a fully sovereign Kurdish state. Morocco is opposed to any lesser alternative. Providing Kurds with citizenship within the states or countries in which they reside is not providing the sovereign state that they are entitled to under the Treaty of Sèvres and will disenfranchise the Kurds as a people. Morocco encourages all states in which the Kurds reside, to actively engage in discussions and meetings with the purpose to improve relations between them. Better relations will decrease civil unrest providing all states and their people safety, security, and prosperity. Continued civil unrest will further destroy all states.
Morocco believes one of the biggest barriers in addressing the problem facing the Kurds is the civil unrest in the region. The states have significant problems within their own borders and do not have the interest or resources to devote to the Kurds.
