Topic: Containing and De-Escalating Sectarian Conflict
Country: Philippines
Delegate Name: Spencer Cassetta
School: Forest Hills Central High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Philippines position papers GLIMUN 2015 committees
Throughout the history of the world this very earth has been shaken by sectarian conflict. Sectarian conflict is really bad and the nation of Philippines is legitimately and very concerned. We are mostly concerned for countries who have sectarian conflict who aren't really us at all.
We all understand sectarian conflict is not healthy for countries. A possible solution would be for mostly middle eastern countries to stop having such bigotry in their dictatorship governments and to introduce democracy. In the Philippines we enforce religious freedom and respect our Muslim, Islamic and counter parts following all different religions even though we are a Christian majority.
Some good advice to countries experiencing sectarian conflict is to not try to eliminate minority groups because that never goes well. Always reason with your people. DO NOT try to exert force against oppressed groups. That never works well either. Try to be level headed and don't oppress your own people.
As a small island nation the Philippines would prefer to not intrude on other nations issues (excluding Japan, China, the US and all other nations which have a heavy impact on the Philippines given the situation). Therefore, although we will express our opinions on how to control sectarian conflict, we remain the least passionate and prioritize sectarian conflict lower than anything else on our agenda. We are looking forward to helping other nations in need if requested.
Although we, as a nation, do not recognize sectarian conflict as our issue we still recognize it as a world issue in maintaining peace and order. We are looking forward to see what our US allies have to say about the issue.
