Topic: The Question of Kurdistan
Country: Switzerland
Delegate Name: Kelsi Conroy
School: Kalamazoo Central High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Switzerland position papers GLIMUN 2014 committees
The Kurdish people in the Middle Eastern of the world have been seeking the creation of their own nation since their only opportunity in the Treaty of Sèvres was dashed in the Treaty of Lausanne. They long for their own country to escape the tortures of their lives right now. The Kurds are not treated as equals in their respective countries.
Switzerland believes the Kurdish people have the right to form their own sovereign country. We are currently sending aide to Erbil and to South Kurdistan to have the intentions of helping their people survive the winter. While we do believe the Kurds should receive their own country, to do this, they would have to take land from their respective countries of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. While in the long run, it would bring major stability to the region, it would first lead to a series of wars by the Kurds fighting for their land. In Iraq, the Kurdish population is recognized as citizens, as well as having possession of their own semi-autonomous region within Iraq. If Iran, Syria, and Turkey follow the lead of Iraq to first establish a semi-autonomous region within their own nation consisting of most or all, of the Kurdish inhabited areas at present, then allowing these separate areas to be evaluated to see if they have achieved self-sufficiency, they could become an independent state. The requirements for self-sufficiency could be decided by the United Nations, and the evaluations would be conducted by a neutral party that would conduct a fair evaluation.
Switzerland believes that if these negotiations, to become an independent state, become violent, the United Nations has a right to step in and ensure peace for all countries involved.
