Alexander+laye

Name: Alexander Laye County: Denmark

The Syrian national government has violated the rights of the people, inciting rebellion among it's citizens which has caused the deaths of over 5,000 people since March, 2011. Also 14,000 people have been captured as prisoners since 2000. The authoritarian rule of Hassef al-Assad and his successor and son Bashar al-Assad, as well as the political, military, and bureaucratic positions all being filled with Alawites loyal to them has caused an obviously corrupt government to be able to commit these heinous acts against the people. Denmark's Government is all about egalitarianism among majorities and minorities. This is why Denmark will ally itself with the rebels in this dispute, as the monopoly of the government that the Alawites have is unreasonable and, against this policy Denmark holds by so strongly. Denmark holds by this policy because the country believe very strongly in consensus politics, as is shown by the three party system, by which no one group ever holds a majority.

The Syrian Crisis arose from a public displeasure with the current government. The Alawites, a religious sect consisting of ten percent of the population of Syria, has been in a vast majority political power since 1971, and since 2000 has been under the authoritarian rule of Bashar al-Assad, the most recent installment of an al-Assad dynasty. After Bashar's election, a "Damascus Spring" occurred, where people voiced their opinions, most supported an advancement of democracy. This perceived treason led to a governmental suppression of the movement and the unjust imprisonment of around 3,000 people. This dictator, in his oppression of the rebellion and dissent among his people, has violated many basic human rights, and so it is this Union's responsibility to protect these fellow human's against tyrannical rule. Efforts to bring this dictator to the ICC have failed. A no-fly zone, however, has been established over Syria. Both sides' violence has been condemned and a peace plan is recommended to be pursued. The people are still imprisoned and violent efforts by both sides are further spreading the flames of rebellion. The direct methods don't work, as neither side wants to go about things the non-violent and presumably slow way, and they feel they can accomplish their goals quickly and violently.

Denmark, with it's three-party system, is able to assure minority representation among the people. A system of zones and representatives should be established in Syria so as to give the 74% majority of Sunni Muslims their fair share of a vote, but still give the minority parties a say by creating fair zones among the state. Before that can be done, though, something needs to be done to end the conflict. This could be done through peace negotiations in order to assess the goals and establish a constitution in coalition with the rebels. Diplomatically, bringing this constitution to the eyes of the UN general assembly and possibly Bashar to get input and feedback on it and edit it to be appropriate for 21st century goals, but not so much as to make it look like the UN is going to use Syria as a puppet for western goals. The constitution would need to include a system for giving minorities a vote and a say, through committees or specific representatives. This solution would, as would many others, lead to bad blood between the other Middle Eastern dictators and the West, as it makes the west appear to be invading in their affairs, but this intervention is necessary to end the violence that is raging in Syria.