What should the position be of the United States in the United Nations concerning Racism?

Statement of the problem

The UN affirms racism as, “any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public.” as defined in the ICEAFRD. The US encourages the UN to recall that “all human beings are equal before the law and are entitled to equal protection of the law against any incitement to discrimination.” as stated in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Recognizing that state-encouraged or mandated racism is when acts of racism are being suggested or forced into the laws and governmental policies by the government of a country. The UN wishes to define racism as a constant problem in all Nations of the world. Understanding that racism is a part of human nature, it is essential that pressure against the forces of racism is always present in the world. The US encourages the UN to create one global committee in order to watch countries for government mandated racism; the committee should be composed of a rotating set of nations with no permanent members included.

Goals

The U.S. should make it a goal to send delegates and encourage all other nations involved in the UN to send delegates to all racism-related conventions. The United States suggests that the goal of the United Nations be to eliminate all forms of state and/or government sponsored, encouraged, or mandated racism.

The goal of the United States is to encourage the UN to take responsibility to protect the rights of oppressed people in nations where mandated or sponsored racism currently exists.

What Has Been Done

Recognizing the past actions of the United Nations against racism, including the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the World Conference against Racial Discrimination, and the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. There was an International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; the UN has dabbled in racial issues in Israel, Palestine and several other countries however nothing extreme has been done.

Suggested Action

Understanding that the United States’ efforts to end racist violence condoned or funded by governments cannot be as effective in ending that racism as numerous countries rallied behind one cause would be. The UN should support an effort to eliminate all forms of state sponsored racism, in not only member states, but all nations in which it exists today. The U.S. recommends that the UN encourages developed nations of the world to provide pertinent aid to nations in need of assistance to further diplomatic action in the elimination of racial discrimination. The United States suggests that the United Nations recommend the Security Council take appropriate action, such as economic sanctions, against governments violating human rights through government mandated and/or encouraged racism based upon the severity of the violation.