POSITION PAPER

Nama: Vanny El Rahman

Committee       : Historical General Assembly (HGA)

Name                : Matthew Hanzel, Jason Robert

Topic Area: Genosida di Myanmar

The Republic of Ecuador believes that all forms of discrimination based on inherent
values of human being, such as ethnicity and race, should be all together eliminated
from our World. Recalling the Resolution of UN General Assembly No. 3411 C (XX)
(1975) which states that the crime of apartheid is a direct affront to the United Nations,
this Delegation would like to press the United Nations on its support against apartheid.

The Republic of Ecuador believes in the valuation of human rights. The 1967
Constitution of Ecuador states in Article 13 that all rights granted by the Constitution are
equal for all citizen of Ecuador, regardless of its different characteristics. Ecuador is a
country with diversity of ethnicity, which granting equal rights and treatments to
everyone regardless of its origins is also important for Ecuador’s existence and unity.
This affirms the spirit of this Delegation as a founding member of the United Nations
and signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).

The Government of Ecuador supports and affirms the Resolution of the UN Security
Council No. A/RES/392 (1976), condemning the Soweto Massacre of June 1976.
However, after the event of Soweto Massacre in 1976, and after consulting the Special
Report of the Special Committee Against Apartheid on “The Soweto Massacre and its
Aftermath” (A/31/22/Add.1, 3 August 1976) this Delegation would like to further stress
its condemnation against apartheid, while declaring that the United Nations should take
further action after failing resolutions and conventions.

The Delegation of Ecuador would first press the United Nations to pass a Resolution
further emphasizing apartheid as a crime against international law, a grave violation of
human rights and a threat of international peace and security. The United Nations
should then further affirm the recognition of the people of South Africa, together with the
African National Congress (ANC) and the discriminated ethnic groups as the sole,
rightful representation of the people of South Africa, demising the incumbent regime
which rules South Africa with apartheid policies.
Besides that, the Delegation of Ecuador is committed to press a strong solution for the
eradication of apartheid in South Africa. In order to eliminate discrimination in South
Africa, upon which the Government of South Africa has no interest and willingness to
prevent apartheid, this Delegation will propose to the United Nations for establishing an
Independent Committee to assess, evaluate, and properly elaborate the implementation
of apartheid policies in South Africa, while also determining possible solutions for
eradication of apartheid in the near future.

This Delegation also believes that the United Nations should impose a mandatory
economic sanction to South Africa, especially preventing international trade of arms and
other commodities supporting coercive actions in domestic South Africa. Meanwhile, the
United Nations should also provide economic aid only to the recognized representation
of the South African people (Resolution A/RES/3151 G (XXVIII), 14 December 1973),
which are the anti-apartheid movement and the people of South Africa that are
repressed.

Upon the settlement of the issue, Ecuador would like to press the United Nations upon
creation of an ad-hoc, independent human rights tribunal on South Africa, especially
regarding the massacres and other crimes of humanity that prevents the freedom and
integrity of human values of all South Africans. This proposal would further emphasize
Ecuador’s international relations commitment in the eradication of any forms of
discrimination to human beings.

To further increase the support, The Delegation of Ecuador would like to engage in
interaction and communication with other countries in the South American region, and
our fellow partners in Africa, supporting the possible solutions proposed by the
Delegation of Ecuador, in order to halt the crime of apartheid as soon as possible.