Committee- Legal

Agenda- Complications of UN charter force of regime

Journalist- Mehul Singh
The agenda of the committee was a complex and technical one. After the establishment of
agenda, the speakers list followed. Contextually speaking force of regime mean the use of
military to safeguard a countrys sovereignty. The legal framework was established post World
War 2. The UN charter prohibits Use of Force in Article 2(4) except for self defense in Article
51. But nations have broadened the legal capacities to include Right to Protect and other.
According to me, there should be clear distinction where intervention is required. A pint picked
up by U.S.A. I am a strong believer that with the realities of changing times amendments are
required. Germany mentioned that after post-Nazi, force of regime has been used for
peacekeeping missions. I personally am in favor of it since the guilt imposed on Germany in both
World Wars compelled them to adopt peaceful methods. The terminology of the word force
needs to be expanded. When we confine it to just military, we undermine the sovereignty of other
uses of force such as drone assassination and cyber crime. The delegates of India and North
Korea both made points that we need include other crimes in force of regime since when we hear
the term force of regime our mind has a preset notion that it will be military The delegates
discussed extensively and re-affirmed the need for amendment in the word. The delegate of India
made an excellent point of economic sanctions, especially the Permanent 5. But the delegate of
U.S.A reaffirmed the importance and effectives of economic sanctions. Cyber attacks are also an
indirect use of force. A person could be in knowledge of nations secrets breaching that countrys
sovereignty and should be added to UN charter.