Working Paper
A. Signatories: Japan
B. Addressing The Issues:
1. Underfunding and the misallocation of budget for the PKO forces.
2. The presence of misconduct by PKO forces that is tied to low discipline and lack of
socialization.
3. The loopholes found in PKO mandates that hinders PKO soldiers in their peacekeeping
operation.
4. The existence of a diplomatic immunity for PKO soldiers, preventing PKO soldiers that
have committed misconducts during their mission from being persecuted.
5. The lack of saying that the host country gets during the peacekeeping and recovery
operations.
C . Proposed Solution:
1. The Renewal and Expansion upon the Previous “Action for Peacekeeping” (A4P)
and “Action for Peacekeeping +” (A4P+) plans. As a means of maintaining world
peace, Japan urged other members of the UNSC to strengthen their commitment to the
goal of realizing global peace. In this process to further strengthen multilateral
cooperation. This solution aims to not just solve the issue of underfunding, but it also
seeks to make sure that all nations involved are truly committed to the cause of
peacekeeping.
2. The Establishment of Standardized Training and Quality Control for PKO Forces.
This solution is intended to solve the issue of the many misconducts carried out by the
PKO forces.
I.
The standardized training would include the would include socialization on the
cultural context on the people living in around the conflict zone and the kinds of
conflict that they are going to have to deal with.
II.
By giving standardized training and a quality control check for the soldiers, we hope
that this could solve the issue of misconduct by PKO personnel, while at the same
time, keeping the training as simple as possible.
3. The Establishment of A Clear Mandate for The UN PKO. In order to address the
existing loopholes with many PKOs, we feel as if it is necessary for the mandate for a
PKO to be made clear. The mandate that was given to PKO s are as follows:
I.
Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants;
II.
Mine action;
III.
Security sector reform and other rule of law-related activities;
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VI.
VII.
Protection and promotion of human rights;
Electoral assistance;
Support for the restoration and extension of State authority;
Promotion of social and economic recovery and development
4. The complete erasure of the diplomatic immunity given to PKO soldiers. This
proposal is meant to address and hopefully solve the issue of repeated occurrence of
misconduct by PKO personnel. With the abolishment the diplomatic immunity that the
PKO forces currently have, it would allow the perpetrators of these misconducts to be
persecuted and would discourage any more PKO soldiers from doing the same mistake,
5. Increasing The Host Country’s Input On The Matter of Peacekeeping and
Recovery Operations. We, as a delegate who is representing a sovereign country
would agree that while we are all working on preserving global peace, but as sovereign
nations, we can all agree that national interests and these countries that are in conflict
should be given more say in discussions about the process of peacekeeping and
rebuilding that are taking place in their own territory.
6. Redirecting The PKO’s Main Focus to Finding A Long-Term Solution for Peace.
While it is understandable that peace is not just going to happen instantaneously nor
that it will be achieved in a short time. But, despite that, Japan is urging PKO forces to
focus more on finding a long-term solution as opposed to a momentary solution for a
conflict. This can be achieved by PKO forces cooperating with the host country’s
government and other national institutions to find a more long-lasting solution.