Position Paper (Continued)

This was the position paper me and my partner Jose worked on, representing Sudan. This paper have contributed to our success on winning an award that you will later learn about. Well I don't want to spoil it so enjoy the paper as me and Jose act like Sudanese diplomats! The paper is right below:



School: High School for International Business and Finance
Committee: General Assembly 6th Committee (Legal)
Topic: Separatist State Movements
Country: The Republic of Sudan

According to Aesop, “United we stand, divided we fall.” This idea has been the driving force behind many of the separatist state movements that have occurred throughout history. When a group of people sharing a cultural or historical identity feels mistreated by or disconnected to the government in power many times this will foster a separatist state movement in a country.
Although the Republic of Sudan strongly opposes any movements that employ terrorism to achieve its ends, we feel that some are based on the principles of nationalism, an idea having both positive and negative qualities. While it can bring people together to oppose a villain, it can also end up creating more villains. We live in a world where people are racist, ignorant, and biased on individual beliefs. The Republic of Sudan believes that all sides involved in a separatist state movement must be heard out, but ultimately restoring order, peace, and security to a region affected by separatism must be the cornerstone of any resolution.
There have been two attempts for a separatist movement in Sudan. The Second Sudanese Civil War is what is taking place now. The First Sudanese Civil War took place in 1955 because of a British strategy to merge the Northern Arabic-Muslim Sudanese people with the Southern Sudanese people who were Christians and Animists. This was done in an effort to create a war to weaken Sudan and then imperialize Sudan for natural resources.

We want racial equality and wish to promote a safe place for everyone to live. Some countries in the west think our government is facing a small separatist movement between the Arab militia called the Janjaweed and the Sudanese people living in Darfur. Currently Sudan has no leads on crimes because we cannot find any evidence of these crimes. Having found none suggest to us that they are most likely little more than thieves and gangsters. We feel the problems in our rebel Darfur region are being exaggerated for political reasons and that we should be focusing on more pressing issues such as movements where the presence of terrorism is widely known.

In 2007, the U S State Departments aid Sudan had become “a strong partner in the War on Terror.” We have worked tremendously to disrupt fighters from using Sudan as a logistics base and transit point on their way to Iraq. This clearly shows our support for the fight against such separatist state movements occurring today.

The Republic of Sudan believes the best way to end separatist movements is to establish cultural exchange programs within states that face drastic ethnic tensions. This includes providing education to ethnic groups on other ethnic beliefs and cultural ideas so every person has a free and respected space.
The Republic of Sudan also recognizes the need to combat some of the root causes of the problems of why people are in the process of creating new states such as poverty, natural resources, and corruption. We know that some Non Governmental Organizations can help solving resolutions but they have overstepped their boundaries by spying on what is taking place in Sudan and making assumptions without sufficient proof. This is not the way to make peace and promote security in an unstable region.

Therefore, we want to put an end to separatist movements but as long as it does not infringe upon a nation’s sovereignty. The Republic of Sudan believes that separatist state movements need to be addressed in order to conserve mankind and humanity. We hope that all separatists’ movements can come to an end soon so there can be peace, harmony, within states and no wars between other states.