Curious
03-25-2006, 04:50 AM
I am a college student participating in a model united nations program in which I must write a piece of prose describing my assignmed nations plan of action to a topic at hand. My assigned nation is Bosnia-Herzegovina and my commitee is the Comision On Narcotic Drugs with the topics of Curbing Drug Abuse and Narcoterrorism. Below is a portion of the prompt and the paper I have composed, any help and/or input you are willing to offer will be greatly appreciated.
Verbosity will not earn extra points, but clear arguments and substantial research-based documentation will. To reduce the likelihood of "fluff", position papers should focus not on background and past involvement (though these things should be intertwined within the paper and touched upon briefly), instead delegates are strongly urged to FOCUS on substantive considerations. What are the problems, how is your delegation working to resolve them, and what in your delegation's opinion is the route to effectively solving the issue at hand? Delegates are urged to imagine that their papers are diplomatic case briefs; in other words, what would you brief a high-level diplomat with, and how could they employ what you use to effectively lobby for very country-specific solutions?
On March first, Bosnia-Herzegovina laid the foundation for an entirely new effort against the international threats of drug abuse and narcoterrorism. With the release of the annual report, the parliament of Bosnia-Herzegovina founded, for the first time, a national agency for the purpose of comprehensive drug control spanning both entities that comprise the nation. Through this newly formed bureaucracy, the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Republika Srpska are coming together to coordinate efforts against the flourishing drug activity in the region. However, the formation of such an agency only provides Bosnia-Herzegovina with a means of tackling the threats of drug abuse and narcoterrorism, the challenge now lies in seeing that this means is effectively utilized to address the threats at hand.
For many years, Bosnia-Herzegovina has lacked drug control legislation at the national level. If this initial attempt at thwarting the drug problem from the national level is to succeed, guidance and support will be required of the member states. Bosnia-Herzegovina is in a time of struggle, seeking to reform its infrastructure and society while on a path to the European Union, but faced with the challenges of over a million refugees and internally displaced persons, aggression from non-state terrorist organizations, and declining foreign aid. The financial and logistical backing of the member states would enable Bosnia-Herzegovina to not only more effectively combat mounting international threats of drug abuse and narcoterrorism, but aid the nation in achieving internal peace and stability.
Bosnia-Herzegovina is one of the trans-shipment points of what has come to be known as the “Balkan Route,” the main trafficking route of Heroin from Afghanistan into markets in Western Europe. Circumventing drug warrior efforts in this region would deal a major blow not only to narcoterrorists, but to the level of drug abuse as a whole. Re-taking this region of the Balkans would break the main pipeline of Heroin into Western Europe, effectively pulling drugs from the streets of European Union nations. With a reduction of drugs present, prices will increase and availability, along with abuse, will rapidly begin to drop. At the same time, the organizations facilitating such narcoterrorist activities will be deprived of critical funding of their operations, as well as being forced into finding ulterior means of funneling their contraband from Afghanistan to their destination markets.
Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Western European nations will not be the only ones to benefit from such action. With the cessation of funding stemming from Heroin exportation, narcoterrorist organizations in Afghanistan will weaken, and the opportunity to rid the region of such activity will finally be at hand. For decades, Afghanistan has served as a bastion for narcoterrorists; striking the infrastructure of the Heroin lords when funding is diminished is an opportunity that is too valuable for the member states to ignore. But before Afghanistan can be liberated, the Balkans must be absolved.
Supporting Bosnia-Herzegovina’s newly kindled efforts against national drug threats would produce international results. The flow of drugs into Western Europe would be greatly diminished, thus inciting a decline in the level of abuse. The loss of monetary support to the organizations facilitating the drug trade would deal a great blow to their operations, thus priming Afghanistan for eradication of drug lords. With funding cut-off and the infrastructure removed, non-state terrorist organizations would effectively be forced out of narcoterrorist operations in the European region. And with the decline of narcoterrorist operations, an equitable decline of European drug abuse will occur.
Verbosity will not earn extra points, but clear arguments and substantial research-based documentation will. To reduce the likelihood of "fluff", position papers should focus not on background and past involvement (though these things should be intertwined within the paper and touched upon briefly), instead delegates are strongly urged to FOCUS on substantive considerations. What are the problems, how is your delegation working to resolve them, and what in your delegation's opinion is the route to effectively solving the issue at hand? Delegates are urged to imagine that their papers are diplomatic case briefs; in other words, what would you brief a high-level diplomat with, and how could they employ what you use to effectively lobby for very country-specific solutions?
On March first, Bosnia-Herzegovina laid the foundation for an entirely new effort against the international threats of drug abuse and narcoterrorism. With the release of the annual report, the parliament of Bosnia-Herzegovina founded, for the first time, a national agency for the purpose of comprehensive drug control spanning both entities that comprise the nation. Through this newly formed bureaucracy, the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Republika Srpska are coming together to coordinate efforts against the flourishing drug activity in the region. However, the formation of such an agency only provides Bosnia-Herzegovina with a means of tackling the threats of drug abuse and narcoterrorism, the challenge now lies in seeing that this means is effectively utilized to address the threats at hand.
For many years, Bosnia-Herzegovina has lacked drug control legislation at the national level. If this initial attempt at thwarting the drug problem from the national level is to succeed, guidance and support will be required of the member states. Bosnia-Herzegovina is in a time of struggle, seeking to reform its infrastructure and society while on a path to the European Union, but faced with the challenges of over a million refugees and internally displaced persons, aggression from non-state terrorist organizations, and declining foreign aid. The financial and logistical backing of the member states would enable Bosnia-Herzegovina to not only more effectively combat mounting international threats of drug abuse and narcoterrorism, but aid the nation in achieving internal peace and stability.
Bosnia-Herzegovina is one of the trans-shipment points of what has come to be known as the “Balkan Route,” the main trafficking route of Heroin from Afghanistan into markets in Western Europe. Circumventing drug warrior efforts in this region would deal a major blow not only to narcoterrorists, but to the level of drug abuse as a whole. Re-taking this region of the Balkans would break the main pipeline of Heroin into Western Europe, effectively pulling drugs from the streets of European Union nations. With a reduction of drugs present, prices will increase and availability, along with abuse, will rapidly begin to drop. At the same time, the organizations facilitating such narcoterrorist activities will be deprived of critical funding of their operations, as well as being forced into finding ulterior means of funneling their contraband from Afghanistan to their destination markets.
Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Western European nations will not be the only ones to benefit from such action. With the cessation of funding stemming from Heroin exportation, narcoterrorist organizations in Afghanistan will weaken, and the opportunity to rid the region of such activity will finally be at hand. For decades, Afghanistan has served as a bastion for narcoterrorists; striking the infrastructure of the Heroin lords when funding is diminished is an opportunity that is too valuable for the member states to ignore. But before Afghanistan can be liberated, the Balkans must be absolved.
Supporting Bosnia-Herzegovina’s newly kindled efforts against national drug threats would produce international results. The flow of drugs into Western Europe would be greatly diminished, thus inciting a decline in the level of abuse. The loss of monetary support to the organizations facilitating the drug trade would deal a great blow to their operations, thus priming Afghanistan for eradication of drug lords. With funding cut-off and the infrastructure removed, non-state terrorist organizations would effectively be forced out of narcoterrorist operations in the European region. And with the decline of narcoterrorist operations, an equitable decline of European drug abuse will occur.