Oil Production in the Niger Delta
(Topic 1)
Sudan recognizes the current problem in problem in the Niger River Delta. The BP-Shell Oil Company has entered into a mutal production agreement with the legal government of Nigeria. Sudan believes, as a member of the African Bloc, that the government of Nigeria should be allowed to legally conduct a binding contract within it's borders. Sudan views this as a matter of National Sovernty.
Other countries have Nigeria's dilemma as well and Sudan would like to assist them, in the cleansing of their environment. We suggest that GEF consider providing large amounts of money to the government of Nigeria, and any country that currently has a major Multi-National Corporation that has negativly impacted the envrionment over a long span of years. This UN money, along with tariffs on the Shell Company, should also cover the cost of providing health care through the WHO for the varied inhabitants of the country.
Sudan suggests for the purposes of prevention of environmental polution, that the BP-Shell Oil Company should continue the current effort of a fair, open negoation with the Ogoni peoples, to further prevent the social unrests within Nigeria. This provides for a fair and open negoation between the people of Nigeria and the justified intrests of the legal government of Nigeria.
Sudan strongly believes that the United Nations cannot not directly regulate environmental polution. The UNEP has neither the need, right or power to regulate environmental polution throughout the world. If the UNEP still feels there is a strong need to regulate environmental contamination, they should give money to countries' national governments to begin their own enviromental enforcment system. Sudan believes that this option should be left to the soverign government of Nigeria. However, if we were given money and told to do so, Sudan would encourage Nigeria to institute an Environmental Protection Agency.
In concluding this part of crime prevention, Sudan believes it is better to give national government money to develop programs to fit their countries' needs, than to have the UN develop programs and force them on every country. This common theme shows many times in our proposals, because we believe that national governments know what is best for their countries, not the United Nations.
Water Issues in the Occupied West Bank
(Topic 2)
Sudan does not have any extremely large cities nor does it have a high urban population. However, we do have a high growth rate and a substantial amount of people, and refugees. To accommodate the rapid growth Sudan and the West Bank peoples need sound planning. Planning to balance uncontroled population growth and water use.
Sudan upholds the ideal of national soveringity and believes the Isreali government is an occupying force in the West Bank. The combative nature of the Isreali government is counterproductive to the mutual reconsiliation of the Isreali and Palastinian peoples, and the immediate needs of the Palistinians and the groundwater and hydrostrategic territories of the West Bank.
Sudan believes that Isreal should survive within the confines of the Western Aquifier which is the only aquifier located within Isreal proper. Sudan also believes that Isreal should properly distribute the water which it does utilizes under the Palestinian land. Isreal currently utilizes 500m3 per person, per year, while the Occupied Territories only utilise 172m3 per year per person. This is a
The International Protection of Sea Turtles
(Topic 3)
Sudan understands the untapped resources of sea turtles. It understands why the preservation of Sea Turtles crime is such an international concern to the United Nations, since the biologically unique Sea Turtles may contain the cures to current and furture diseases and human genetic disorders. Sudan understands that in order for preserve the shared resourse of turtles that the UN must crackdown on small operations, that do not use Turtle Excluder Devices (TED) or breath tow time restrictions for Shrimp nets. Sudan has no problem protecting the Sea Turtle, and with the United States' effort to preserve this resource for all humainity. However we wonder if that is the main problem with organized crime.
To reduce international crime, Sudan believes it would be best for all countries to share their records of organized criminals. Also countries should notify each other if an organized criminal is entering another country so that new country who was previously unaware can be alert. In countries like Sudan a more efficient court system could help in reducing organized crime, since many of the people we arrest die before we get them to trial. Funding from other countries to our national government could establish a better court system in our country. Crime syndicates cannot be destroyed if no one within them is convicted. Extraditions of dangerous criminals could result faster if, countries paid a reward to other countries for the capture and transfer of that dangerous criminal. Of course, his file would also have to be given to that country.
When fighting organized crime, Sudan believes that police must remember that many of the businesses organized criminals establish are legitimate and can help the local economy. In larger countries with strong economies, destroying these businesses would not hurt the national economy at all. For smaller countries like Sudan, however, these businesses can be essential to the local economy. This brings a large dilemma for many countries on how to fight organized crime. Perhaps they should be paid compensation for this loss. There doesn't seem to be a solution to this problem.