By: Titi Ogundele
The United Nations Security Council is the organ of the United Nations charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. Just like in the real United Nations, Model United Nations has to deal with problems peacefully, not by suppressing them with an army, or other violent means. This year, one of the issues on the agenda for the Security Council is the Darfur Crisis in Darfur, Sudan.
For those who don’t know, the conflict in Darfur has been going on since 2003 after a rebel group began attacking government targets. The reason for this is because the rebels say the government is oppressing black Africans in favor of Arabs. Unlike the Second Sudanese Civil War in 1983, the current lines of conflict are seen to be ethnic and tribal, rather than religious.
Like many conflicts that occur in Africa, the situation in Darfur is very complex in terms of its problems and how to help. Due to the complexity of the issue, the Security Council must find ways to solve or at least help the problem by coming up with an effective and efficient solution that will appeal to most of the delegates. This can prove to be a daunting task.
In order to solve such a problem, one must look at all of the factors that make this conflict so serious. Besides the fact that rebels are killing the people they feel are oppressing them, many innocent civilians and aid workers are being caught in the rebels’ line of fire and are either killed or seriously injured. In response to the massive loss of life, the Security Council has sent in peacekeeping troops that are sent to protect civilians and aid workers who may be threatened. The issue now is for the Model United Nations Security Council delegates to build on what the real United Nations has started. According to the Delegate of the Russian Federation, more needs to be done in order to get better results. The Delegate of the Russian Federation, better known as Alex Ito, “…[feels] that [the security council] should send more humanitarian aid to the peacekeeping troops because they’re not functioning as effectively as was hoped for.”
Although the Russian Federation feels that the one of the solutions is to send more aid, other delegates have different opinions. The Delegate of South Africa, better known as David Cornu, feels that “the main problem is that Africa has many conflicts that tend to spill over into other conflicts.” With conflicts spilling over to other conflicts, solving the problems begins to become very complex in terms of satisfying different needs and wants. As a collection of different countries, the Security Council is bound to have delegates disagree with each other. Cornu also feels that James Miao, the Delegate of Ghana, has an ineffective solution to the crisis, which was to send in troops to suppress the conflict.
With such a diverse group of delegates and such a complex crisis, the debate over the Darfur crisis is bound to be very interesting and hopefully new ideas will spring forth on how to help those who are caught in the crossfire of this conflict and to help solve the problems that are so aggravatingly persistent.
The United Nations Security Council is the organ of the United Nations charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. Just like in the real United Nations, Model United Nations has to deal with problems peacefully, not by suppressing them with an army, or other violent means. This year, one of the issues on the agenda for the Security Council is the Darfur Crisis in Darfur, Sudan.
For those who don’t know, the conflict in Darfur has been going on since 2003 after a rebel group began attacking government targets. The reason for this is because the rebels say the government is oppressing black Africans in favor of Arabs. Unlike the Second Sudanese Civil War in 1983, the current lines of conflict are seen to be ethnic and tribal, rather than religious.
Like many conflicts that occur in Africa, the situation in Darfur is very complex in terms of its problems and how to help. Due to the complexity of the issue, the Security Council must find ways to solve or at least help the problem by coming up with an effective and efficient solution that will appeal to most of the delegates. This can prove to be a daunting task.
In order to solve such a problem, one must look at all of the factors that make this conflict so serious. Besides the fact that rebels are killing the people they feel are oppressing them, many innocent civilians and aid workers are being caught in the rebels’ line of fire and are either killed or seriously injured. In response to the massive loss of life, the Security Council has sent in peacekeeping troops that are sent to protect civilians and aid workers who may be threatened. The issue now is for the Model United Nations Security Council delegates to build on what the real United Nations has started. According to the Delegate of the Russian Federation, more needs to be done in order to get better results. The Delegate of the Russian Federation, better known as Alex Ito, “…[feels] that [the security council] should send more humanitarian aid to the peacekeeping troops because they’re not functioning as effectively as was hoped for.”
Although the Russian Federation feels that the one of the solutions is to send more aid, other delegates have different opinions. The Delegate of South Africa, better known as David Cornu, feels that “the main problem is that Africa has many conflicts that tend to spill over into other conflicts.” With conflicts spilling over to other conflicts, solving the problems begins to become very complex in terms of satisfying different needs and wants. As a collection of different countries, the Security Council is bound to have delegates disagree with each other. Cornu also feels that James Miao, the Delegate of Ghana, has an ineffective solution to the crisis, which was to send in troops to suppress the conflict.
With such a diverse group of delegates and such a complex crisis, the debate over the Darfur crisis is bound to be very interesting and hopefully new ideas will spring forth on how to help those who are caught in the crossfire of this conflict and to help solve the problems that are so aggravatingly persistent.
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