Promotion+of+Ethnic+Minorities

__Effective promotion of the Declaration on the rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities__
Clauses 1. Encourages the formation of United Nations Rights of Minorities (UNROM) under the Committee of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, which would be involved in not only the implementation of, but also the --enforcing of rights in all member nations specifically to minority groups, whether linguistic, ethnical, racial, religious, or national, by, but not limited to: a. Allowing approved investigators to enter member nations without notice, so as to investigate possible rights of minorities violations, except in the cases of: i. A previously documented case ii. An case presented to the UNROM prior to the investigation, which exempt nations from these laws, however temporarily, due to stability issues, such as but limited to: 1. Lack of governmental control due to violence and conflict 2. Previous conflicts, which are still undergoing, where some attempt at a peaceful resolution is being made 3. Lack of economical resources to finance the enforcing of the rights of minorities, however temporary b. Fining nations when a violation of rights to minorities are found, according to a rubric which takes into account the following, but not limited to: i. Higher fines if prior violations are found ii. Higher or lower fines depending on severity of the violation iii. Lower fines if a genuine attempt to correct the issue is being made iv. Lower fines for a pleading guilty, in the case of an appeal v. Using a non-linear scale, so as to fine nations with a lower GDP per capita less than developed nations with a higher GDP per capita c. Allowing a thorough search and investigation by approved workers in the case of an complaint or suspected violations of rights of minorities d. Handing non-relevant rights violations to the relevant authorities.

Policy Major disputes have been fought, and many people killed due to the lack of rights or respect for minorities of different variety. The Holocaust of WWII, or various other genocides can be used as examples of these types of violence and conflict. The United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide helps to protect these minorities, and was implemented in order to prevent disasters like the Holocaust. Many more developed nations have departments specifically for Human Rights, including the rights of minorities. While LEDC’s may not have this privilege, this should not be the case, as minorities in Congo should receive the same rights as those in America. While the delegation o Iraq acknowledges international Human Rights organizations, rights in general may be more than specifically Human Rights, and therefore sees the need of a more global Rights of Minorities organization. Additionally, this issue is more about the enforcing of these laws, as opposed to the implementation. Iraq believes periodic checks, and heavy fines for rights violation of minorities need to be enforced, in order to slowly, but surely decrease the frequency of Minority rights violations. The delegation of Iraq also sees issues such as religious tension, underdevelopment, poverty, political instability, economic instability, and other such issues as major causes of lack of rights of minorities. Thus, the Delegation of Iraq believes that when the other issues are resolved, the rights of minorities will correct itself through development.