The Secretary General of the UN has declared the Syrian war to be regional calamity that could spread.
Questions to consider:
What exactly IS going on in Syria ? Should it be stopped? If so, who should in charge of stopping it? What methods/means can be used?
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ReplyDeleteCurrently in Syria there is a civil war occurring. Unrest within Arab that began with the Tunisian revolution, reached Syria in March 2011. Residents of a small southern city took to the streets to protest the torture of students that had put up anti-government graffiti. The government quickly responded with heavy-handed force, and unrest quickly spread through the country. By the summer of 2012 Syria was in f full-blown civil war. About 2.5 million Syrians needed aid inside the country, with more than 1.2 million displaced domestically, according to the United Nations, by September 2012. The United States and other countries around the world condemned for the violence President Assad. Many had hoped he would soften his father’s ironhanded regime and impose new reforms. Advocacy groups estimated that about 400 died in June 2011 and more than 3,000 people in June 2012. The Syrian government has waged an unrelenting campaign of arrests that has snared tens of thousands of people. (1)
Russia, President Assad’s main ally, and China have stopped three Security Council resolutions, which could have led to sanctions against the Syrian government. The unrest is also spreading to neighbors of the country. (2) The UN secretary General has asked for international action to stop the war in Syria and that it is a growing threat to international peace. (3)
What is happening in Syria is wrong and definitely must be stopped. The UN has tried has voiced its opinions on the matter and is trying to stop the violence on both sides, but due to the involvement of many other nations it has not yet been successful. It is obvious that the civil war in Syria cannot be easily stopped and the problem itself is much greater than just a war. The people are trying to stand up for their own rights and fight back against a dictatorship. We cannot just stop the war; we must also solve the problems within the country. Other powerful nations must get involved, like the US and Canada, as the Syrian government already has the support of Russia and China. The UN was created to deal with these problems but it cannot do it alone, and the support of many other nations, who is wish to see Syria change, is needed.
(1)http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/syria/index.html
(2) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/un-leader-ban-ki-moon-calls-syria-a-calamity-and-threat-to-world-peace/article4566152/
(3) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/25/syria-un-ban-ki-moon_n_1914691.html