The debate has started on the first topic of the spring semester, the Sudanese Civil War. The conflict has been ongoing since 2023, and despite the low media coverage, it has had a devastating humanitarian impact, with millions of people displaced and reports of genocide. It is sure to lead to heated and contentious discussions. The UNSC has only imposed economic sanctions and a weapons embargo against the country, and the UN’s involvement has failed to improve conditions in the troubled country despite multiple humanitarian missions.
The debate of our delegates has focused on sending in UN troops, economic sanctions, and broadly on the effectiveness of intervention. France and the US have been especially keen on sending in, potentially their own, military, though the former has later backtracked. China strongly backed the lifting of sanctions and non-interventionism, arguing that they cause more harm than good. Other moderate forces have advocated for the prioritization of humanitarian aid, which has sparked discussions about the necessity of armed forces to protect the shipments from being pillaged by the warring factions. Denmark, Latvia, the US, and the UK were in favor of this plan. Pakistan claimed that soldiers are humans too, so aid should not be denied to them, prompting a mocking response from Russia. The refugee situation was brought up by the US in passing, but so far it has gone largely unaddressed.