Topic: Containing and De-Escalating Sectarian Conflict
Country: Pakistan
Delegate Name: Samuel Thorpe
School: Grand Rapids City High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Pakistan position papers GLIMUN 2015 committees
Pakistan is very concerned about sectarian violence, especially in the Middle East. Conflict over religion and race have been have been serious in the Middle East for many years. Violence on our borders is a very serious issue that Pakistan has expended a great amount of effort in solving. Pakistan has been involved in a lot of sectarian violence, with terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda perpetrating violence in Pakistan and in the Middle East. Pakistan has allowed and participated in military raids with the U.S. against suspected terrorists. The Pakistani delegation does not feel that the current United Nations policies on sectarian conflict are appropriate for the world today.
Pakistan, as an Islamic nation and a part of the Middle East, sees the best option for the United Nations not to attempt to mitigate damage, but to work piecing broken nations back together. The U.N. should support groups and create policies that help countries unify themselves. Policies should also be created to help countries and people negotiate better and return to a safe and sustainable country and government. Forceful means at a time of negotiation should never be considered as a form of solving the conflict. The Pakistan delegation also believes that additional military involvement in areas of conflict will do nothing but destabilize the situation even more. Pakistan supports military involvement when necessary to eliminate terrorists, and serious threats to national and global security. At any other time, military involvement should not be considered. U.N. involvement should be along the lines of providing a disinterested party to facilitate unbiased negotiations inside the country.
