Domblesky, Joseph
Brookfield East High School
Team Lebanon
1rst main committee
Team Lebanon on the Maintenance of international security
and stability in South East Europe
Since the early 1990’s, ethnic and nationalistic violence in the former
Yugoslavian territory has threatened the international security of the Southeastern
Europe. With the collapse of communism in 1991, anarchy, ethnic and religious turmoil,
and genocide reigned supreme with the South Eastern European region. Even with the
past resolutions created to resolve this dispute, the region is still a hotbed for ethnic and
religious conflict. Lebanon believes that the U.N. should continue to vigorously pursue a
stable, cooperative and multiethnic society for security in South Eastern Europe.
However, because of significant differences among the local population, Lebanon also
believes that the U.N. should respect national sovereignty and work alongside with the
peoples of South Eastern Europe to prevent future attempts to advance stability from
falling short like with what has happened in the past. Lebanon has supported the U.N. for
its past efforts in the creation and advancement of stability, peace, and civilization. As it
has supported and helped Lebanon, we implore the U.N. to take more affirmative action
in helping to establish peace in South East Europe yet respect each nation’s sovereignty.
At the end of the 20th Century, the UN oversaw the creation of the Kosovo Peace
Implementation Force for the former Yugoslavia. The International Criminal Tribunal for
the former Yugoslavia is the special court system designated to bring war criminals
responsible for the human atrocities committed during this period of chaos. Despite the
Tribunal’s operation, its impact on international relations and its effect in the former
Yugoslavia, impunity is still the norm. This is due to the number of arrest which leaves
many of the accused still at large and because its actions do not have any true effect on
the state of stability. The people of the region are not going to fully believe in or see the
true benefit of the Tribunal or U.N. involvement unless they see the tribunal deliver more
justice. If the U.N. is to be able to bring stability to the region, then it must reach out to
the people by supporting the Tribunal in making arrests of the inductees immediately.
The 20th Century has overseen the bloodiest period in human history.
The violence in the former Yugoslav territory is no exception to this. Even with the
creation of the Kosovo Peace Implementation force and the partition of the former
Yugoslavian territory, tensions still flare as the people still have disagreements due to
religious and ethnic beliefs. Civilians are targeted in terrorist attacks and hate crimes by
ethnic groups while political tensions still flare between neighboring nations. This
conflict threatens the stability of neighboring European, Mediterranean, and Middle East
Nations. Lebanon implores to the UN that it should oversee the creation of peace
organizations in order to bring the conflicting ethnic and religious groups together into
accord with each other, thus the involved parties respect nation sovereignty. AS long as
the tension remains, unabated, the conflict grows more complex thus making it more
difficult to resolve as seen in other world conflicts throughout the world. In order to bring
stability, the UN should also support the development of basic resource and infrastructure
as well.
Lebanon supports the UN in its mission to bring world peace and stability.
However, it recognizes that the UN must also respect national sovereignty in order for
stability to progress. In order to bring this about, it must allow the creation of groups in
order to settle tensions between ethnic and religious groups within the region. Lebanon
also implores that the UN should take more affirmative action in preserving the
international security throughout the region with endorsing these groups. With this in
mind, the people will the how beneficial the UN is for the progression of humanity and
civilization.