Topic: 2025 – Criminal Accountability of UN Officials
Country: Russian Federation
Delegate Name: Pradham Nalam
Pradham Nalam
The Russian Federation
Criminal Accountability of UN Officials
Legal Committee
Forest Hills Central High School
Corruption stems from greed. Greed stems from human nature. However, when working for global stability and peace, greed and corruption are the moving factors that deny many innocent lives the resources they deserve. The United Nations is an organization that oversees global stability, and it is the only organization with the power to help maintain and protect the peace as we know it. As such, it is the UN’s duty and responsibility to manage itself accordingly for the good of the people. Corruption and immoral acts committed by UN officials have to be monitored and judged without bias, and if found guilty, a sentence worthy of the crime should be imposed. Corruption in the UN today has many branches that vary from immoral to extremely harmful. The Russian delegation recommends that the Legal Committee form a way of weighing these crimes to impose punishments accurately. Modern-day corruption in the UN includes activities such as contract fraud, bribery, and lucrative contracts through local governments. Although these are only a few of the problems I intend to cover in committee, they are major highlights of what we have to fix. These aspects of corruption exist all over the UN. According to Wikipedia, multiple scenarios where the UN Security Council has been proven to be committing bribery or fraud have been cited. This proves that corruption may also exist in many areas that one may not even suspect.
As the delegation of Russia, I plan to address corruption not only in the UN, but corruption at the national level, as well, which may be a contributing factor towards immoral actions in the UN, which is run by many other national interests. Russia, by any means, is also not in a corruption-free area to weigh in on this matter, but I believe that our stance on this matter will also greatly help us as a nation and as a prime member of the UN. Russia ranks 154th in the corruption index among 180 countries according to transparency.org. Evidence proves that corruption has been on the rise in Russia since its lowest in 2020. To decrease these numbers and create a better standard of living for our citizens, the Russian Federation. encourages the Legal committee to initiate a resolution that tackles not only the problems that exist, but also the origins of these problems, so that these types of issues will not occur again.
The UN has to stand as a role model since it is considered the only universal global organization that works to help and maintain peace for all. This issue needs to be resolved for future generations and their prosperity in society. The Russian Fed. will stand and act with anyone who agrees with its values. We are willing to take the opportunity to help all nations, as well as request help from them as well to resolve this painstaking issue.
Sources
https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_United_Nations
https://www.un.org/en/global-issues
