The+question+of+Syria

A policy statement should include:

1. main points to consider about the issue - in your own words (make this v brief - it can be bulleted or listed)
 * Most pressing issue currently facing the Security Council
 * Blatant violation of human rights that have gone ignored for too long
 * Sanctions by the Arab league
 * No intervention by the security council, but most pressured issue

2. what the international community has already done to address this issue (treaties, resolutions, conferences etc.) (again keep this brief - it can be bulleted or listed)
 * Congratulates the actions of the Arab League to suspend Syria's membership
 * Disappointed with the Security Council's failure to respond to the situation in a cooperative manner
 * S/RES/2014 (2011) The situation in the Middle East
 * S/RES/2004 (2011) The situation in the Middle East
 * S/RES/1994 (2011) The situation in the Middle East

3. your country's point of view about this issue and reasons for this point of view (what has been said by leaders, action already taken, views of allies etc.)
 * Supports sanctions against Syria
 * Words of our president: "people deserve a regimen that respects human rights, liberty and a government that values democracy"

4. at least three solutions that your country would propose to address this issue (these then serve as ideas for your clauses on this issue)
 * Seek to encourage the call for democracy within the country
 * Seek to punish the forces that attempt to silence the call for democracy
 * Offer asylum to political refugees
 * Intervention if needed

__Operative Clauses__


 * 1) __Urges__the immediate creation of economic, diplomatic, and military sanctions on the Syrian Arab Republic which would entail:
 * 2) The freezing of all foreign assets of the of the Syrian Arab Republic
 * 3) A moratorium on all weapons trades with the Syrian Arab Republic from all four of the nation's foreign suppliers:
 * 4) The Russian Federation
 * 5) The Democratic People's Republic of North Korea
 * 6) The Islamic Republic of Iran
 * 7) The Republic of Belarus
 * 8) The expulsion of all Syrian ambassadors and diplomats from all of its 56 embassies and 7 consulates of Syria's foreign diplomatic missions
 * 9) __Calls upon__President Bashar Al-Asaad to step down and all United Nations member states to recognize the Syrian National Council as the sole Legitimate Authority of the State of Syria. This comes with the understanding that:
 * 10) President Bashar Al-Asaad has 15 days to resign after the publication of this resolution
 * 11) Dr. Burhan Ghalioun will act as chairmen of the Syrian Transitional Council for a period of 6 months following the resignation of the current regime
 * 12) __Declares accordingly__that in compliance with Chapter II Article 6 of the United Nations Convention, the Security Council hereby recommends to the General Assembly the temporary suspension of the Syrian Arab Republic from the United Nations in response to its persistent violations of the Principles contained in the present charter specifically:
 * 13) Chapter I Article 1 clause 3- "...promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion"