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Rutgers Model United Nations 2 - IDIA

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<strong>Rutgers</strong> <strong>Model</strong> <strong>United</strong> <strong>Nations</strong> 18<br />

convene a special session next week. 74 The only other international body capable to<br />

investigate war crimes is the International Criminal Court, but it is unlikely that will<br />

happen because it is has be referred by the UN Security Council where it will be blocked<br />

by China and Russia. 75<br />

The current situation in Sri Lanka could call for a UN Peacekeeping Mission, if<br />

the country would accept the assistance. All of the different dimensions of peacekeeping<br />

forces can be utilized in Sri Lanka. Peacekeepers are responsible to build sustainable<br />

institutions so the state can recover from the years of conflict it has suffered.<br />

Peacekeepers are also responsible for de-mining which is desperately needed in northern<br />

Sri Lanka. Human rights monitoring is also a job for UN peacekeepers, and will be<br />

necessary to follow the Tamil population integration back in to society.<br />

74 Ibid.<br />

75 Ibid.

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