Austria Policy Statement SC

Austria
Policy Statement
Fellow delegates, The Republic of Austria would like to welcome you all to this annual Security Council Conference and thank you for your presence and time with us today.
The deteriorating situation in Somalia is continuing to affect a large array of countries, expanding past the region. Somalia is unstable and has been acting as a home for terrorist for ships and countries from across the globe. There needs to be a strong alliance of powerful countries all aimed towards the better welfare of Somalia and surrounding areas. Austria sees the increased terrorism and human abuse as an issue that needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Furthermore, the economic welfare of Somalia needs to be stabilized before the government and social reform can properly be made. The alliance must meet with leaders of Somalia and discuss the issues they have been causing for the surrounding areas and their opinions on stopping the terrorism. If they do not take action, then the alliance must step in militarily and put an end to the violence. We should assist them in making a logical and economically profitable port for exporting exponentially larger amounts of goods. Members in the alliance should make a pact to begin purchasing some of Somalia’s goods in order to get their economic stability in order. From there, the social and governmental stability will follow.
The ongoing instability of Sudan is an exponentially large issue that needs to be addressed. Austria supports the current use of U.N. peacekeepers in the Sudan and believes we should keep them there. We must find a way to fix the weak peace agreements and the violations of human rights. The issues with Sudan need to be addressed similarly to the issues in Somalia. However, Sudan is in less of a governmental and economic downfall. Convincing and controlling the action in Sudan will not be able to be made as peacefully as we’d like but we must use diplomacy over military. Sudan has butt heads with a large array of individuals due to their lack of protecting human rights and war crimes committed by their President Omar el-Beshir. Austria feels that the issues in Sudan will need to be addressed with the use of diplomacy but not taking military force out of the process towards peace. We also believe all who have violated human rights in the Sudan be prosecuted by the International Court of Justice.
The settlement of international borders with Kashmir needs to be solidified to end the constant fighting between India and Pakistan. India and Pakistan both hold nuclear weapons; therefore, if the fighting continues to escalate the welfare of the entire region is at risk. That is why we believe in a committee being set up to hold peaceful negotiations between the two nations. Austria believes that all meetings for peaceful negotiation in the committee should be over seen by the United Nations. This problem has had much military interference already, with negative affects; which is why Austria believes in using diplomacy over military force. We must use the committee to promote the general welfare of all the citizens in the Kashmir area. We hope that this committee will end all the abuses against the citizens of the Kashmir area. We hope to have a peaceful resolution that promotes diplomacy over military force.
Fellow delegates, we are determined to find solutions to all these issues no matter what means necessary. We thank you for your presence here today and look forward to addressing these matters before us.