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Chairs: Mustafa Rasheed and Rayshad Rahman
Policy Advisor: Noshin Khan

Security Council Conference

Background Guide: Islamic State

Schedule of Conference
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1stCommitteeSession
Break
2ndCommitteeSession
ClosingRemarks

Positions
Country

Names

United States*

Ashley A., Sara

United Kingdom*

Goutham K., Brandon A.

Russian Federation*

Revelle G., Rexhinaldo N.

China*

Nisha D., Monet M.

France*

Anita V., Adithya S.

Angola

Lara, Melissa

Chad

Sanath C., Alex Y.

Chile

Manasi, Emily M.

Jordan

Aubrey K., Fareeha K.

Lithuania

Nathan B.

New Zealand

Joey C., Nikila N.

Nigeria

Denny H., Nithya R.

Spain

Akila N.

Venezuela

Colton S., Varun V.

*Denotes Veto Power

Security Council Format

TheSecurityCouncilisthemostpowerfulcommitteeintheUnitedNations.SCis
differentthanmostUnitedNationscommitteesduetothepermanent5membersof
thecommitteeand10rotatingmembers.Thiscommitteeholdsthepowertocreate
sanctions
(armsembargoes,travelbans,financialrestrictions),
ceasefires
(order
temporarypeacebetweentwoopposingstates),dispatch
peacekeepers
(special
UNvolunteersthatcanbeusedforareasofdistress),andhaveunitary
military
action
.ThemostimportantpartoftheSecurityCouncilisthatresolutionshavethe
abilitytohavea
binding
impact,meaningthatresolutionshavethepower,if
passed,tobeenforcedHowever,aresolutioncannotpassunlessthepermanent5
membersoftheSecurityCouncilvoteyesorabstain.ANoduringvoting
constitutesasafailedresolutionfromthe
UnitedStates,UnitedKingdom,Russian
Federation,France,and/orChina.

Theprimarygoalistosolvetheproblemorseverelyreduceitwiththesupportof
atleastthose5countries.Theremaining10factorintogeneralsupport.Everytwo
years,thesemembersareswappedoutandmakeroomforadditionalcountries.

Situation with ISIS:

Introduction:
TheIslamicStateofIraqandSyria,alsoknownasISIL,theIS,andDaesh,madeadramatic
entrancetothestageofIraq.JustastheUnitedStateswaspreparingtobringitstroopshome
fromtheconflictinIraq,ISISquicklytookoverIraq,overpoweringtheIraqiarmyandsecuring
largeareasofland.MediaattentionfurtherescalatedafterISISpostedfootageofthebeheading
ofUSphotojournalistJamesFoleyontheInternetinAugust2014.ISISclaimedthatthekilling
hadbeencarriedoutinrevengefortheUSbombingofISIStargets.Thevideoalsopromised
furtherbeheadings.AmericanjournalistStevenSotloffwaskilledinearlySeptember2014this
deathwassoonfollowedbythatofBritishaidworkerDavidCawthorneHainesjust11days
later.TheglobalpublichasbeentakenabackbytheextremeviolenceandbrutalityofISIS.Even
moreconcerningisthefactthatISISisactivelyrecruitingalargenumberofyouthsfrom
Westernnationstobecomemilitants,usingsocialmediaandtheInternettoreachawide
audiencetojointheircause.ThesituationhascontinuedtoescalatewithfurtherMiddleEastern
tensions.Inaddition,ISIShasgeneratedaglobalrefugeecrisis,impactingtheeconomiesand
securitiesofsurroundingcountries.ThemainissuessurroundingISISincludehowtodefundthe
group,howtoattacklocallyorbyairstrikes,andmaintainingthecurrentforceswithinthe
countriesaffected.

SecurityCouncil:SituationwithIS
.Issuebrief.WayneStateUniversityModelUnitedNations,n.d.Web.

Parliamentary Procedure Recap

http://bestdelegate.com/modelunmadeeasytop20importanttermstoknowincommittee/

Country Backgrounds
Inadditiontodoingyourownresearch,herearesomesummariesofthecountry
backgrounds
Donotusethisasyouronlysource
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UnitedStates:

AmericaninterventioninIraqbeganonJune15,2014whenPresidentObamaorderedU.S.
forcestobedispatchedintheregion.Thesetroopshoweverwerenotsenttofight.Theywere
sentinresponsetooffensivesinIraqconductedbytheIslamicStateofIraqandtheLevantto
assessIraqiforcesandthethreatposedbytheIslamicStateofIraqandtheLevant(ISIL).Obama
statedonNovember18,2014thatifISISweretogetnuclearweapons,PresidentObamawould
deployUSgroundtroopstoSyriaandIraqtofighttheIslamicState.TheUnitedStatesof
AmericaisstronglyopposedtoISIS.Moreover,TheUnitedStatescurrentlyconductsairstrikes
inIraqonly.

UnitedKingdom:
TheUKsPrimeMinisterreferredtoISISasamenace.TheUnitedKingdomindicatedthatit
wouldhelparmKurdishforces,supporttheIraqigovernment,continuetosupplyhumanitarian
help,andcoordinatewiththeUnitedNationstohelpbattleISIS.TheUKslawmakersapproved
amotiontoparticipateinairstrikesagainstISISinIraq.Thevotewas52443infavorofthe
strikes.ThePrimeMinistersaidheexpectedinvolvementonaninternationallevelincombating
ISISwouldtakepatienceandmanyyearstime.TheUnitedKingdomalsoconductsairstrikesin
Iraqonly.

RussianFederation:
RussiaindicatedthatitwouldnotgivesupportformilitaryactionagainstISISunlessaUN
resolutionauthorizedit.Russiacalledthisanactofaggressionandagrossviolationof
internationallaw.Thisissurprising,sinceRussiaisabackeroftheSyriandictatorISISistrying
totopple.AnISISrebelthreatenedVladimirPutinduetoPutinsclosetiestothedictator.
However,arecentjointcoalitionwithSyriahasstartedintheformofairstrikes.Ititunsure
whetherornotattackshavehittheFreeSyrianArmy(FSA),theoppositiontoBasharAlAssad
andISIS.TheUnitedStatesandotherwesternpowershavenotbeenincludedduringthese
strikes.

France:

In2003whentheUSfirstinvadedIraq,Francewasfiercelyagainstit.Nowroughlyadecade
laterFrancesreluctancehasremained,althoughithasslightlydiminished.AsFrancois
Hollande,currentPresidentofFrance,consentedtoIraqsrequestforairsupport,hestatedthatit
willbetheonlysupport,refusingtobeinvolvedinSyria.Francerefusestodoanythingdrastic
withoutthesupportoftheU.N.andtheNationalAtlanticTreatyOrganization(NATO).The
FrenchgovernmentdecidedtosuspendpassportandIDforpeoplewhoseintentionistogoto
Syria,becausesomethousandcitizenshavelefttofightalongsideISIS.Francehascontributed
18,000roundsof.50caliberammunitioninthefightagainstISIS.AlongsideAustraliaandGreat
Britain,FrancehasperformedhumanitarianaiddropsinIraq.Astrikingsixteenpercentof
FrenchcitizenssupportISIS,withthepercentageat27%fortheagegroupof1824.

China:
ISIShasopenlylistedChinaasathreat.ItispossiblethatISISmemberswererecruitedfrom
China.PoliticalscienceanalystsofChinasBeijingForeignStudiesUniversityhavespeculated
thatChinawillsupportplanstoauthorizeinternationalforcestotargetISIS,oratleastnotbe
opposedtothem.Ofcourse,thisisonlytheoretical,butsuchspeculationisbasedonthefactthat
ChinahasastakeinkeepingISISoutofitsborders.Chinasforeignministryspokespersonsaid
thatChinalookedforwardtojointeffortsoftheinternationalcommunitytorestorestabilityand
order.Evenso,itisunlikelythatChinawilltaketheleapofputtingChinesecombattroopson
theground.

Jordan:
TheKingdomofJordanisakeyplayerinthefightagainstISIS.Jordansstrongalliancetothe
WesterncountriesfightingISISprovidestheNationalAtlanticTreatyOrganization(NATO)and
allcountriesfightingISISwithvitalintelligence.SinceJordansharesaborderwithIraqand
Syria,theyareanxioustonotreceiveanymorerefugeesandtoretainthestrengthoftheir
borders.Ifneeded,Jordanhastheabilitytosendgroundtroops.

Chile:
ChilerecognizestheIslamicStateasathreatandcondemnstheiractionsaspunishableactsof
terrorism.HeraldoMunoz,ChilesForeignMinister,statedthattheGovernmentofChile
condemnstheattacksbytheselfproclaimedIslamicState.Chilestandsinsolidaritywiththe
governmentandpeopleagainstviolenceandterrorism.Chileisalarmedbytheviolationsof
fundamentalrightsandfreedomsofreligiousminorities,andChilereaffirmsthevalidityof
universalhumanrights.

Lithuania:
LithuaniarecognizestheIslamicStateasaterroristgroupthatshouldbecondemned.Lithuania
isapartoftheAntiIslamicStatecoalition.Additionally,Lithuaniabelievesthatothernations
arealsoactingviolentlyandinvadinghumanrights,suchasRussiainUkraine.Lithuania
believeslackofproperleadershiphasallowedsuchviolencetoemerge.Lithuaniaviewsboththe
ISandRussiaascommittingactsofterrorandbelievesthatneithershouldbeignored

Spain:
AftertheU.SleadinvasionIraq,Spainishesitantonbeingdirectlyinvolvedincombattingthe
spreadofISIS.Spainhasstatedthattheircontributionswillbelimitedtotransportassistanceand
weaponstothegovernmentofIraq.However,withgrowingtensions,Spainmighthavetobe
moreinvolvedwiththeissueandNATO.

Nigeria:
InNigeria,thelargesteconomyonthecontinent,thelocalIslamistmilitantextremistgroupBoko
HaramisclearlyemulatingISIStacticsandchampioningthecauseforanewcaliphate.A
recurringfeatureofNigeriashaphazardresponsetoBokoHaramisgovernmentsoldiers
refusingtofightbecausetheyareoutgunnedbytheextremists.Thecountryisplaguedbygraft
andcorruption,soassoldiersgounpaidandunderequipped,BokoHaramhasbeenabletodigin
andadvancetheirIslamistcause.Mutinieshavebecomemorecommonassoldiershavebecome
frustratedatthelackofweaponsandammunitiontomaketheconflictwiththeterrorists
somethingresemblingafairfight.

NewZealand:
AlthoughISISdoesnotpresentadomesticrisktoNZ,thecountrybelievesthatitistheirmoral
responsibilitytoatleastengageincombattingtheterroristregime.NewZealandhasbeenactive
intheinternationalcoalitionagainstISISandhassentapproximately143militarypersonnelto
assistIraqiforces.Humanitarianassistancehasalsobeenprovided.

Chad:
AlthoughChadhasntbeenaffecteddirectlybytheIS,thestrengtheningoftheIShas
emboldenedotherterroristgroupsinAfrica,suchasBokoHaram,whichhavemadevery
significantgainsintheregion.Mostnotablythekidnappingofmorethan200schoolgirlsin
Nigeria.ChadhassteppedupitssupportofNigeriaagainstBokoHaramandwantlasting
internationalsupportintheirplight.

Angola:
Angolaiscurrentlyrebuildingtheircountryaftera22yearlongcivilwarthatendedin2002.
AlthoughAngoladoesnothavetheeconomicormilitaryassistancetohelpcombatISIS,they
stronglycondemnstheiractions.

Venezuela:
VenezuelabelievesthatduetotheU.SleadinvasioninIraq,thedamagethathasoccurredinthe
middleeasthasbroughtuponweaknessandincreasedantisentimentstowardsallwestern
nations.VenezueladeclaredthatthisweaknesspostwarhasallowedISISintopower,and
thereforeisstronglyagainsttheinvolvementoftheUnitedStatesandtheUnitedKingdom.The
onlysolutionaccordingthegovernmentistoinvolveregionalstates.However,Venezuelahas
supportedtheeffortsofChinaandRussiasactions.Onalighternote,PresidentNicolasMaduro
hasofferedtotakein20,000Syrianrefugeesduetothedestructionofwar.