United Nations Security Council
Topic: The India and China Border Dispute
INTRODUCTION TO COMMITTEE:
The UN Security Council is one of the major and most prominent bodies of the United Nations. It is composed of the Permanent Five (P5) Member States including the USA, UK, France, Russia and China, which all possess the power to veto any proposed resolution by the body. TheUNSC’s mandate is concerned primarily with maintaining international peace and security in instances where peace or stability is threatened. The UNSC typically convenes at the UN Headquarters in New York to resolve security issues.
The committee has the power to: undertake investigation and mediation into conflicts; dispatch missions and special envoys; issue ceasefires; dispatch peacekeeping or other military forces; impose sanctions, embargos, and bans; impose blockades, and sever diplomatic relations.
While other UN organs can only make recommendations, the UNSC has the power to make decisions that Member States are obligated to implement. So Member States should carefully consider how their interests are affected by proposals within the committee.
THE ISSUE:
The escalating tensions surrounding the region of the disputed Himalayan border have been flared through the recent physical confrontation in mid-June this year, along the Ladakh area of Kashmir. The committee will address this territorial conflict between China and India which was apparent from 1967. Following the India-China war over this contested Himalayan border, a fragile truce has been formed through the de facto boundary, referred to as the Line of Actual Control. Hence, consideration should be given to the deadly casualties arising, both countries’heavy militarization of the region and the international geo-political consequences, given the nuclear-armed status of India and China.
MEMBER STATES:
- United States
- Russia
- China
- United Kingdom
- France
- Pakistan
- India
- Nepal
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Germany
- Indonesia
- Sri Lanka
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