Working Paper

Committee: United Nations General Assembly

Portfolio: Russian Federation

The delegation would like to present the following recommendations for a better
humanitarian aid and assistance framework at an international and regional level,

1. A bottom-up approach to be followed that will allow all conflict regions to

report directly to the OHCHR and Rapporteurs to Secretary General of any
updates or follow-ups they have which will be done at a regular basis either bi-
weekly or monthly, as the officials see fit depending on situation to situation.
For this particular regulation, an AD-HOC council is suggested by the delegate
working directly under the OHCHR, which shall include the following
stakeholders,
a. DPKO advisors to ensure long-term stability and longevity of
implemented schemes and policies,
b. Representative from OHCHR
c. Special Rapporteurs to the secretary general,
i. the ones assigned the particular region affected by the conflicted,
ii. rapporteurs formulating socio-economic plans of actions in the
united nations,
iii. rapporteurs which can be appointed for further assistance on the
request of the ad-hoc council specialising in a particular field
which requires updates and/or policy making,
d. Representative of UN Mediation in the region selected by the appro of
the required officials serving the general assembly,
e. Peace-building advisors in case of an ongoing conflict,
f. Representatives from sovereign bodies involved in the conflict directly,
g. Regional stakeholders if required on the recommendation and approval
of the DPKO and/or OHCHR
h. Headed by the USG of Peace Operations, currently, Mr. Jean Pierre
Lacroix who shall report to the secretary general regularly at a bi-
weekly/monthly basis and as of when required upon his own discretion.
(The USG will be incharge of all AD-HOC bodies, each AD-HOC body
should also be appointed a vice-president to handle it specifically on the
recommendation of the USG)
These AD-HOC bodies will work in coordination with UN mission for the
particular nation in conflict and will be serving as a much needed link between
the groundwork and the UN to ensure effective and efficient implementation of
 the policies being created alongside ensuring that the policies are specifically-
derived for the conflict therefore projecting a much better success rate rather
than following the same operatives in each conflict region. This will ensure that
cultural and geo-political differences that have been a hindrance to UN
effectiveness will not be a pertaining issue anymore.

2. Under the GA Resolution 46/82 (1991) which lays down the guiding principles
on humanitarian access, it is clearly stated that any and all states should have
the right and duty to protect and provide humanitarian aid and assistance in the
required scenario however the same has not been held up by many nations due
to lack of ratified documentation and optional obligation for nations to provide
assistance has been used a loophole for nations to get out of their responsibility
when required. It is also to be noted that the aid which is being provided should
directly be aimed at NGOs or organisations directly working for human
welfare, since a lot of military conflict regions have unstable governments
which might or might not want the best for their people and such scenarios
have been noted on multiple accounts. The blockchain and web3 network being
utilised for sending funds efficiently is a rather valuable access, however some
sort of regulation for the same should definitely be looked into and we would
request the IMF to provide a revised statement on the crypto network for
international assistance funds being transferred and guidelines for the same
should also be issued at the earliest possible.

3. Apart from funds, it is also a major concern that whenever military aid is
provided, the logistics and the training required to ensure its right use and
prevention from any actions should go alongside it. In the current situation in
Ukraine, a lot of civilians have been handed these weapons as provided by the
NATO and USA alongside other weaponry which they’ve not been suitably
trained for and the logistics to contain them in the region are also severely
lacking which causes a potential threat of not only misuse but misfire which
can prove to be lethal. Such requirements for providing military aid especially
in cases of clandestine missions where it is next to impossible to ensure safety
standards should be set for nations providing such aids or else they would only
do more harm than good. It is also to be noted that the secretary general report
dated 16th April 1998 (A/52/871) sets an important precedence for the
involvement of civilians in military disputes during a time of conflict with
regards to humanitarian assistance, and it should be kept into consideration
while setting the guidelines and obligations for nations to meet when providing
military aid. The same guidelines shall be overlooked by the ad-hoc body
 suggested in the recommendation paper and shall then be likely passed as a ga
resolution to ensure safe and proper regulation of weaponry.

4. ICRC 2005b sets an important precedence through customary law which talks
about the protection of the rights of the humanitarian workers specifying
certain requirements and guidelines for even non-international conflicts which
should be formalised since even after the precedence being set it has not been
utilised in a lot of situations where it wasn’t even considered due to lack of
availability towards the said knowledge. Many such customary guidelines can
do wonder for the implementation of a much better legal jurisdiction in matters
such as these for which the ILC under their mandate should submit reports in
accordance to a fact-finding mission to be consisted in the conflicted regions
and the ilc legal report can then be submitted to,
a. Primarily, the ICJ as the mandate clearly dictates,
b. To the ad-hoc committee suggested for immediate ground-level
implementation of the legal jurisdiction observed,
c. Respective tribunals that have the authority to provide judgements
relevant to the situation.

5. All of these actions should be carried out smoothly alongside the ad-hoc
committee working regularly to find out the specifics of all resolutions and
recommendations already existing, which are present in abundance, and should
strengthen them by getting rid of loopholes and should inform the United
Nations about the required changes to made by the General Assembly or
adoption of certain recommendations found in local or regional documentations
that can prove to be useful alongside ensuring that they are being implemented
properly. This approach will ensure that all regional conflicts can be tackled,
and in turn they will serve as a much wider and effective international
legislation with minimal loopholes when it comes to the legal jurisdiction of
internal humanitarian aid and assistance.