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Nicholas Say Argentina

With the Arab Spring many Middle Eastern countries took action against their ruling Government to establish a more liberal government for the people of the country. In Syria, a former French mandate colony after World War I, the majority Sunni class Muslims are being ruled by the minority Alawites or Shia Muslim. This ruling class Muslim order has violated many human rights laws against the citizens including the death of over 4,000 Syrians and the imprisonment of about 14,000 political prisoners. In response to this crisis, Argentina, as a temporary member on the UN Security Council, is wiling to support the Syrian National Council in creating safe zones throughout the country, and to cease the acts of violence that the Syrian ruling party has committed against the Syrian Citizens. After World War I, the Ottoman Empire was divided into mandates between the French and British, one mandate being Syria. The Mandate in Syria was then given its independence by France, at the end of World War II, where it was then ruled by many military coups. The rights of the citizens were deprived from 1949 until about 2011 due to the instability of the government. Authoritarian Hafez al-Assad took rule of Syria and suppressed a large Muslim insurgency, which ended with the death of around 10,000 to 25,000 people, many being Syrian citizens. Bashar al-Assad, Hafez's brother, took leadership of Syria in 2000 after the death of his brother and is currently the President today. Bashar al-Assad is apart of the Alawites Muslim sect ruling over the Sunni Muslim Majority. During his rule, he has cracked down on many civilian activities including acts of censorship and arrests of citizens during the Arab of Spring, a protest in cities around Syria. This has led to the displacement of over 4.25 million Syrians, with over 1.6 million Syrians displaced in neighboring Countries of Syria. Although many western countries have called for al-Assad to be brought to the International Criminal Court (ICC) they have failed to bring him to justice. As it continues, more and more Syrians began to die, bringing the death toll to over 90,000 and climbing. These death occur from the use of chemical warfare and missile strikes which have devastated the rebel held areas.

Argentina would like to propose that the United Nations should have both parties of the Syrian conflict to negotiate in a peace plan, and for humanitarian aid to be provided in designated safe areas within Syria for the rebels to prevent further bloodshed. These safe areas have the possibility to provide relief for Syrians who have been displaced during this time of crisis to return to their homes. With possible negotiation, both sides would disengage in conflict in a cease-fire and those who have been fighting in the civil war may return home. The United Nations can supply the rebels with humanitarian aids for both psychiatric and physical needs within certain safe points in the country. Argentina also proposes that those who have had used chemical weapons will be condemned for their violations against human rights and should be tried under the ICC. This proposal also includes the trying of al-Assad in the ICC under the evidence of him violating many human right laws. Finally Argentina would like to impose that the United Nations take part in the rebuilding of the Syrian national government to appease tension between the two Muslim sects so no more possible bloodshed could take place in the future. The two prior propositions are but temporary relief to the people of Syria, but in order to maintain stability for the future the United Nations must take active role in enacting a government in Syria which will prevent any more further bloodshed between the people of the nation.

 