SUBMITTED BY: The Republic of Serbia

COMMITTEE: Special Political and Decolonisation Committee

TOPIC: Resolving the question of the political status of Nagorno-Karabakh

Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan. The current

conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh broke out in 1988 when the majority of Armenians in
the region wanted to unite with Armenia. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the
tension between the two countries grew into a war. The fighting came to an end in 1994
and by then Nagorno Karabakh, along with seven neighbouring districts, were fully or
partially controlled by Armenia. In September 2020 a six-week war broke out. It ended
with a ceasefire arranged by Russia. Azerbaijan now controls an important part of
Nagorno-Karabakh itself and the full seven districts adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh. The
rest is guarded by Russian peacekeeping forces but still governed by self-proclaimed
local authorities.

The Republic of Serbia recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh as a part of Azerbaijan and

believes that it should remain a part of Azerbaijan. Serbia respects the territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan and thinks that it should be respected by others as well. Our main
objective is to end this conflict peacefully, therefore Serbia wants to work towards
achieving to find a tactful resolution to this dispute.

Serbia believes the best way to move forward would be the surrender of Armenia in the
disputed territories, so all of Nagorno-Karabakh can be a part of Azerbaijan. This would
then allow the Russian peacekeeping troops to leave and Nagorno-Karabakh can once
again go back to being a peaceful place people can live in without being afraid of war.
SUBMITTED BY: The Republic of Serbia
COMMITTEE: Special Political and Decolonisation Committee
TOPIC: Addressing the territorial dispute over Western Sahara

Western Sahara is recognized by the united nations as a non-self-governing territory,

with the native Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic controlling about 20% of it. The other
80% however, is controlled by the Moroccan Goverment. The former Spanish colony
was annexed by Morocco in 1975. Since then it has been a long-running terittorial
dispute between Morocco and the indigenous Saharawi people, led by the Polisario
Front.

With many failed attempts at resolving this dispute, Serbia is now confident we can find
a long-lasting solution. Too many innocent lives were lost and Serbia wants to focus on
quickly and diplomatically resolving the problem before other wars break out and more
people are killed.

We strongly believe that we can reach a political, realistic, pragmatic and mutually
acceptable solution based on a compromise. Western Saharan tribes in the past had
historical ties to Morocco. However, Serbia also understands the view of the natives and
respects Western Sahara’s right to self-detremination. So keeping all this in mind Serbia
is open to any ideas and proposals on how to move forward, such as holding a fair
referendum, since the one in 1991 never took place.