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Mr. Waldram Period 3. Topic 1 State-sponsored Terrorism
 * __Erin Sundberg

Background:__** State-sponsored terrorism is being used by governments all around the globe to achieve ends through violent means. State-sponsorship has decreased over the past several decades. As it decreases it becomes extremely important for all countries to adopt the "zero tolerance" for terrorist activity within their borders. Throughout history governments and rulers have aided terrorist to wreak havoc on their enemies. States can sponsor terrorism in six different levels. As follows the levels go from lowest to highest. These levels are ideological support, financial support, military support, operational support, initiating/orchestrating terrorist attacks, and direct attacks by government agents. The U.S. State Department has teamed up with the UN to identify all countries currently sponsoring terrorism and place them on a list named the "Watch List". The United States is commited to removing countries from the list once the have taken the necessary steps to vanquish their link to terrorism. The U.S. State Department and the UN has been targeting countries in the Middle-East for harboring terrorists. Countries currently on the list are Cuba, Iran( most active), Sudan, Syria, and North Korea. Iraq was removed from the list on 25 September 2004. State support for terrorist groups allow the violent expression of the state's unfulfilled goals without overly pressuring other governments toward political ends. President George Bush stated "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."


 * __UN Involvement:__** The UN has created the International Convention for the Suppression of Financing of Terrorism.This convention required nations to do everything that they could do to stop state-sponsored terrorism, and stop and identify all funds going into terrorist organizations that they knew of. The UN has had some difficulty with figuring out a definition of "terrorism", and this has caused some debate. In 1992, resolution 731 stated explicititly that state-sponsored terrorism is a threat to international security. The UN has sent peacekeepers into various countries to try to stop the countries from committing one or more of the six levels of supporting terrorism. The Netherlands think that the UN can do more to stop state-sponsored terrorism because all that they have done is send peacekeepers into various countries. We believe that they have the ability to accomplish more.


 * __Country Policy:__** The Netherlands have been free from terrorism since 1975, when South Moluccan terrorists attacked a commuter train and seized hostages at the Indonesian Embassy. This caused the Netherlands to recieve an epiphany. Tensions have been rising after the assassination of the film maker Theo van Gogh in 2004. The terrorist threat is relatively high. Terrorist networks seem to have found some fertile ground in the Netherlands which could motivate attacks.The Netherlands have realized that more has to be done on counterterrorism in order to maintain the safety of their territory, and they are willing to cooperate.


 * __Solutions:__** The Netherlands have come up with a solution named International Stoppage of: Financing Terrorism, Helping, and Honoring Attacks (ISOFTHAHA). For this solution to work the UN must send peacekeepers into the nations that are having problems with this issue,to try and solve their problems with financing terrorism, helping terrorists, honoring attacks. These nations must sign a treaty allowing the peacekeepers to enter their country. The Netherlands supports following the money trail back from known terrorists to host nations sponsoring their activities. Making this information known publically would deter national endorsement of terrorists. International data bases, such as those created by INTERPOL, should be utilized and nations who refuse to participate should be sanctioned diplomatically as appropriate. State-sponsored terroism is not just financial and to this end both acts of ommision and commision need to be reviewed. If any nation has a problem with this subject then they should'nt have a problem with signing the agreement. The goal of this resolution is to relinquish all state-sponsored terrorism in all countries.

3rd PERIOD
 * //ERIN SUNDBERG//**
 * __MR.WALDRAM

Background:__** Last year 658 suicide bombing attacks were committed all around the world. Four-fifths of suicide bombing attacks happened in the last seven years. More than fifty organizations have adapted car bombs to make explosive belts. Violence such as suicide bombings have caused an alarming amount of world conflicts over the course of history. At least two-thirds of suicide bombing have targeted U.S. policy goals. Self-sacrifice has been a long part of war. Suicide bombing was dreamed up by European anarchists immortalized by Joseph Conrad's 'Secret Agent over one hundred years ago. Suicide bombers are generally used by people with strong beliefs in a cause and they are willing to become martyrs, or because of their participation in terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda. Detecting suicide bombing attacks is extremely difficult to detect because most members of an organization blend in easily with the crowd. People have suggested that the outbreak of suicide bombings is caused by poverty and lack of propper education, but these factors have little to no impact on the attacks and why they attack. These suicide bombings have passed the conflict zones and have started to bomb anywhere they feel like it, and this has caused some wars.


 * __UN Involvement:__** The United Nations have been concentrating on stopping the suicide bombings in Israel for a while now. The Palistanians have also been active in these suicide bombing attacks. The UN has sent peacekeepers to restore the peace needed to become a more peaceful country. Obviously this isn't very effective because there are still suicide bombings occuring in these countries therefore the UN needs to contribute more before this gets even more out of hand. The UN needs to get this situation under control. The Netherlands suggest some solutions including more effective peacekeepers to restore the peace not only in Israel but also in other countries as well.

__**Country Policy:**__ The Netherlands are against suicide bombings and have been ever since 1975. They want absolutely nothing to do with the fact of suicide attacks. Terrorist networks have found some fertile ground in the Netherlands and this has increaesed the ability of motive for terrorist attacks against them. The Netherlands have realized that they need to do more in order to eliminate these terrorist attacks and are willing to be cooperative. The Netherlands want to restore the peace in their country.


 * __Solutions:__** The Netherlands have invented a solution named Relinquishing of Suicide Attacks (ROSA). This solution requires all of the nations that are on the "Watch List" to let the peacekeepers restore the peace in those particular countries. This solution also requires that all terrorist organizations are to be put in jail in the United States, so that they cannot carry out any more attacks. This solution's goal is to decrease the ammount of suicide bombings/ terrorist attacks against every country including Israel. The reason we chose the United States for the holding place is because they have one of the most secure jails, and they have an efficient army if there are any problems that are created by this. The Netherlands do not support the suicide attacks in any form.

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