ADRESSING SYRIAN REFUGEES CRISIS IN EUROPE

Yogyakarta 1 April 2019

Agenda 1: DEFINITION OF REFUGEES FROM US’s PRESPECTIVE

Target 1 : To Acknowledge a common definition of what “refugee” is

United States official defionition of refugees is as follows “ A refugee is a person outside his or
her country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return to his or her country of
nationality because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race,
religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. An asylee is
a person who meets the definition of refugee and is already present in the United States or is
seeking admission at a port of entry. Refugees are required to apply for Lawful Permanent
Resident (“green card”) status one year after being admitted, and asylees may apply for green
card status one year after their grant of asylum.”

However, with given statement from United States prespective alone, there is a need for a
Common definition that agreed upon the member states of the council to be used as a foundation
to recognize and address the issue. Hence the importance for United States to share and
embolden its prespective in the council.

Agenda 2: REGOCNIZING THE REALITY CURRENT REFUGEES CRISIS

Target 2 : To identify, and recognize the actual facts in the field about the crisis in europe

The conflict in Syria between the government of Bashar al-Assad and various other forces, which
started in the spring of 2011, continues to cause displacement within the country and across the
region. By the end of 2014, an estimated 7.6 million people were internally displaced and 3.7
million Syrians had fled the country since the conflict began (OCHA 2014; UNHCR 2015a). The
refugee situation caused by the Syrian conflict is dire, and it has placed enormous strain on
neighboring countries. Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, and Turkey host massive numbers of
Syrian refugees, and Syrians have been seeking protection beyond these countries in increasing
numbers since 2011.

With so many people displaced, the Middle East has become even more unstable, in addition to
terror threats and other forms of instability. The Syrian government headed by Bashar Al-Assad
is the primary cause for so much migration from Syria as well as internal displacement. Since
the onset of the crisis in mid-2011, Syria’s neighboring states of Turkey and Jordan have been
the primary locations to which refugees flee, with approximately 90% of Syrian refugees going
to each neighboring nation.
United States recoqnizes the reality of Refugees where they won’t always be the easiest people to
integrate into a new country — they’re often not as educated as other immigrants, they are often
less likely to speak English or local languange, they don’t always have a family or community
here who can help them succeed. They need help finding jobs and housing, and they need
government funds to provide that help.

Agenda 3: EVALUATING PAST ACTIONS AND POLICIES TO ADRESS THE CRISIS

Target 3 : To present, examine and evaluate previously taken actions on the crisis and to identify
reasons behind their failure

Past efforts from the United States to mitigate the refugee crisis in Syria have been largely
ineffective for a number of reasons. Due to the burden of displaced people fleeing to other
Middle Eastern nations, as well as Europe, a new security threat has emerged in the region.
Aswell as the failure of the currently existing policies present within European Union and other
government of the affected countries.

A great number of issues exist surrounding the Syrian refugee crisis both related to global
security as well as humanitarian affairs. However, the most pressing issues for the United States
are matters related to security. The moratorium on US acceptance of refugees by President
Trump is largely due to a concern for a potential security threat coming from Syria and the
surrounding area. Recently, matters have become more complicated to due to a shift in US
foreign policy of non-entanglement in the Syrian Civil War. This was done when President
Trump ordered a missile strike against Syrian military facilities on April 6, 2017. This action has
the potential to lead to a successful US involvement in Syria, either directly or by proxy; or there
could be unforeseen negative consequences. Regardless of past actions or inaction, the US now
has the responsibility to engage in Syria to alleviate the refugee crisis and its cause(s).
Agenda 4: TO FORMULATE EFFECTIVE POLICIES TO ADRESS THE ISSUES
Target 3 : To Formulate the most tangible, realistic, and feasible policy to be applied in order to
solve the Refugee crisis

The United States is a compassionate nation and has spent billions and billions of dollars in
helping to support this effort. We seek an approach to refugee resettlement that is designed to
help these horribly treated people and which enables their eventual return to their home
countries to be part of the rebuilding process. For the cost of resettling one refugee in the United
States, we can assist more than 10 in their home region.

Out of the goodness of our hearts, we offer financial assistance to hosting countries in the region
and we support recent agreements of the G20 nations that will seek to host refugees as close to
their home countries as possible.

We are also prepared to present a number of potential policy prescriptions for the United States
government to implement, of these we propose the most practical, cost-effective, and will
recommend one which we believe is the most feasible to achieve.

JOINT PLAN OF ACTION FOR REFUGEES JPOA-R

- 1. Screening, Quarantine, Surveillance and Probation ( Security)
- 2. Enhanced Joint Border Patrol/ Enforcement (Security)
- 3. Special Refugee Resettlement Areas/ ( France, Germany, Hungary, Greece)
- 4. Social Integration programmes (Social) (All)
- 5. Collective long term funding for resettlement (Long Term Financial assistance for
refugees resettlement (LFAR) ) US & UE to Host Nations (Economy)
- 6. Economic Empowerment programmes for Refugees (Economy)

Out of the goodness of our hearts, we offer financial assistance to hosting countries in the region
and we support recent agreements of the G20 nations that will seek to host refugees as close to
their home countries as possible.
SECOND COMMITTEE SESSION
KELOMPOK 1
THEME: ADRESSING CHILD SOLDIER IN ARMED CONFLICT AREAS
COUNCIL/SETTING: UNICEF

CHAIR: ANDI MUH HIBAHTULLAH R (151160045)

NOTULEN/SECRETARY: NICCO RAVI TAMPUBOLON (151160034)

MEMBER STATES:
USA: PANJI KAMAJAYA (151160169)
RUSSIA: FULAN WISNU (151160041)
SYRIA: YOLANDA DWI-R (151160060)
AFGHANISTAN: VIVALDI ARTEMA (151160137)
CONGO: MUNAWAR. W (151160137)
GERMANY: MICAELLA D (151160034)

AGENDAS:
1. SETTING THE DEFINITION OF CHILD SOLDIER
2. ACKNOWLEDGING THE COMMON ISSUES OF CHILD SOLDIERS AND
ADDRESSING THEIR ROOT CAUSES
3. FORMULATING THE SOLUTION TO THE ISSUES OF CHILD SOLDIERS.