Topic: Territorial Dispute in the South China Sea
Country: Russia
Delegate Name: Henry Smith
School: Royal Oak High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Russia position papers GLIMUN 2015 committees
National sovereignty is paramount in this dispute. No action may be taken in this dispute without taking into consideration the wishes and nature of the states directly involved. For any involvement that does not carry with it the consent of the countries that it would affect is nothing but foreign intervention and borderline imperialism. It is not the place of foreign superpowers to tell these peoples what they must do, and when they must do it, and how they must do it.
That being established, the United Nations would be callous and heartless if it did not listen to the calls for action of the states involved in this conflict. When they ask for protection from unauthorized foreign interference, we must act. When China asks for help in preventing the unlawful and unwarranted passage of American warships through their waters, we must act. There is a gaping canyon of difference between internationally recognized and locally accepted intervention and the “Wild West” style of taking international law into a nation’s hands.
But once these conditions are met, an actual accord must take decisive action. The dispute must be resolved in a manner in which will be permanent and stable. Island must be turned over to a large and legitimate state which has the power to maintain its holdings. However, a solution must also be reached which leaves no nation “out in the cold,” a solution in which all players are recognized for their legitimate claims to the waters, islands, and economic rights of the South China Sea.
Whether by establishing talks, asserting the virtues of one claim over another, or simply preventing armed conflict in that region, the UN must do something that will help and benefit the stability of the South China Sea.
