Creation of Peacekeeping Force
Category: International Security
****pending the repeal of GA#2 proposed by Hexinati
To develop an international peacekeeping force under the authority of the World Assembly to intervene in world matters in order to stem international violence, protect minority groups from certain violence, and secure the cultural heritage of World Assembly member states.
The deployment of a peacekeeping force must be approved by the World Assembly.
a. A commission to handle peacekeeping matters may be created at a later date with a WA resolution.
Peacekeeping units will consist of volunteers from WA member states.
a. Units will be selected from neutral countries unrelated to the conflict area, and must engage in cultural training prior to the mission.
b. Units will be trained in international law and updated on acting World Assembly resolutions.
c. Units will frequently participate in training regarding proper community engagement techniques.
d. Units may not participate in propaganda for or against any party, government, or organization.
Peacekeeping units will be strictly authorized in defense strategies and will not be trained in or authorized to use offensive strategies.
a. Units will be authorized to use deadly force only when the lives of peacekeepers, refugees, or other populations being defended by peacekeeping units are in danger from an attacker.
Peacekeepers found in violation of World Assembly resolutions or international law will be prosecuted accordingly, in charge with Command Responsibility Resolution #458 and Ban On Statutory Limitations For Heinous Crimes Resolution #428.
It is requested that funding for the peacekeeping force be provided through the World Assembly General Fund, created in Resolution #17. Peacekeeping funding may not violate any of the measures laid out in Resolution #17 and must maintain full compliance.
The peacekeeping force is to remain a minimal entity, subject completely to the authority of the World Assembly, and is to remain financially solvent under the auspices of the General Accounting Office.
Acceptable Uses
a. Protection of religious, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, sexual orientation, or racial minority group not engaged in armed opposition and at risk of genocide.
1. The definition of genocide will align with the Convention Against Genocide in Resolution #38, which states that it “shall be defined as any act committed, or measure enacted, with the intent to destroy, in whole or partially, an identifiable group of persons on the basis of belief, ethnicity, nationality, culture, or a perceived innate characteristic, which for the purposes of this resolution shall include sexual orientation.”
b. Prevention of armed conflict from spilling across political borders.
c. Peacekeeping force may requested by states immediately bordering the conflict.
1. Peacekeeping force must remain at a minimum of five miles from international border to prevent the appearance of aggression. The exception to this rule would be in the case of imminent danger to populations or cultural heritage sites within the five mile demarcation zone.
d. Protection of culturally significant sites designated by the World Assembly Trust for Cultural Heritage (WATCH), mandated in Resolution #287, that face certain destruction or damage which compromises the site’s integrity.
e. Assisting in the protection of populations at the request of nation-state majority government during a natural disaster.
f. Establishment of refugee centers, which will provide the displaced with necessary resources. The centers must remain in compliance with Refugee Protection Resolution #57.
1. The peacekeeping force will only be responsible for refugee protection.
2. Other authorized actors may provide food, water, shelter, education, health care, and legal assistance under Access to Humanitarian Aid Resolution #340.
3. Authorized actors will be determined by the International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee.
Unacceptable Uses
a. Regime change or removal of government agents/agencies.
b. Obstruction of natural or man-made resources.
c. Protection of armed opposition group, or group that is actively inciting violence or instability.
d. Suppression of political dissent.
e. Nationalization of private enterprises.
f. Punishment for violation of World Assembly resolutions.
g. Law enforcement, whether for the individual state or World Assembly.
h. Strengthening of land claims of other states.
i. Capture of war criminals.
