United Nations Resolution
A Parable
In the interest of World peace and in an effort to avert further
escalation of the Ukraine War the General Assembly has convened and passed the
resolution below. We, the majority of countries represented in the General
Assembly, consider our decision valid and enforceable, the Security Council
being unable to take appropriate action due to its charter and the veto rights of permanent members. The permanent members in question are in fact parties in the conflict. Hence, those States veto rights as well as the authority of the Security Council are hereby considered null and void.
Decision of the General Assembly regarding the Conflict in Ukraine:
1. We call on all parties to
immediately accept a cessation of military engagement in situ and to begin
negotiation toward the resolution of hostilities. These negotiations will be
directly between the governments of Ukraine and Russia but will be monitored and
facilitated by representatives of India, Senegal, Tanzania and the former Prime
Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, who shall be released immediately from
incarceration.
2. The parties to the conflict will negotiate in good faith to
resolve differences to include at the very least: the rights of ethnic
minorities within Ukraine’s prior borders, the status of Crimea in consideration
of the 2014 referendum, an assessment as to why the Minsk Accords were never
implemented, and the question of Ukraine’s neutrality or alignment.
3. In case
the parties, Russia and Ukraine, are unable to reach an amicable agreement the
facilitators in the peace negotiations will draw up a decision based upon the
minimal points above and presentations by the parties during the course of
discussions. The decision of the facilitators will be binding upon both parties.
4. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization shall be disbanded immediately. The
expansion of that organization had no purpose following the dismantling of the
Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact. The European Union may
implement its own security arrangement in future, but without the participation
of the United States. In that case we encourage the EU to consider inclusion
within that new security arrangement of both Russia and Ukraine. However, either
both Russia and Ukraine will be included or both excluded. Consideration should
also be given to the inclusion of Türkiye. The EU led security arrangement is to
be a defensive only agreement meant primarily to settle issues between the
States of Eurasia. Membership in the European economic union is not a
precondition of participation in the security organization.
5. The Nord Stream
pipeline shall be repaired immediately and discussions shall ensue to resume
deliveries of natural gas. The cost of repairs to the pipeline shall be borne by
the party guilty of sabotaging the pipelines. Russia and the United States shall
jointly bear the cost of rebuilding war damage to infrastructure, ports, and
buildings within Ukraine. Russia is evidently culpable directly for such damage
and the United States (as well as certain EU countries) for the escalation of
conflict. Both the US and Russia are required to issue statements of profound
regret over the loss of life during the conflict.
6. All claims for prosecution
of war crimes shall be dismissed. War is a dirty business and always results in
irreparable damage. In order to prosecute war crimes, however, it would be
necessary to determine the causes which led to this war. We are of the opinion
that the causes are multiple and widely shared. It is therefore impossible to
assign guilt to one country and assigning responsibility to a multitude of
countries will evolve into a futile process. It could also raise calls for
investigations of prior conflicts such as the second Iraq War. The goal must be
to resolve the present conflict immediately and to nullify the possible goal of
both sides to prevail in the conflict and to thereby impose a Victor’s Justice.
Impartiality is essential to a lasting peace and impartiality requires the
abandonment of such accusations.
As noted in the preamble the General Assembly
has taken the decision to issue the above resolution given the inability of the
Security Council to enact its own fair decision. The action we have taken, while
not foreseen within the UN Charter, is most certainly necessary in the interest
of World Peace. The action shall be considered valid and enforceable and shall
be accepted as establishing legal precedent. In this regard we furthermore recommend a revision of the UN Charter to cancel all veto rights of the permanent members of the Security Council. We also recommend the enlargement of the Council and the adoption of enforceable decisions agreed by a two thirds majority. Failing such amendments to the Charter the General Assembly reserves the right to take action whenever and wherever conflicts arise.
