PS3240 Policy Memo #2
The UN should prioritize the most immediate and severe threat to Endor, the outbreak of disease. I advise the UN to leverage the epidemic to engage rival factions in peace talks with the coalition government. To create long-lasting peace agreements between holdout groups and the government, the UN must provide credible guarantees of safety during demobilization and power-sharing in the post-conflict order.
I. Short-Term Considerations
Endor has a weak healthcare system, so UN intervention is necessary to prevent the disease from developing into a global crisis. To address the epidemic, the UN, with the help of the World Health Organization and NGOs such as Doctors Without Borders, should erect treatment facilities in Endor and provide medical supplies and staff. A Peacekeeping force should accompany the UN delegation to ensure the safety of medical…show more content… First, the government should conduct an internal investigation to assess the severity of the atrocities and identify the responsible party. Should knowledge of the atrocities leak to the public, the investigation insulates the government from accusations of a cover-up. Second, the government should provide reparations to affected communities. Explicitly linking the reparation to the atrocities admits culpability, so reparations must be framed as aid to conflict-damaged areas. The provision of resources ties the prosperity of affected communities to the existence and operational ability of the government, giving civilians impacted by the atrocities the resources to rebuild their lives while discouraging affected citizens from jeopardizing state assistance by agitating against the government. This strategy buys valuable time to manage the epidemic and secure ceasefires from
