Jessup Compromis Report

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THE CASE CONCERNING

OPERATION PROVIDE SHELTER


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FACTS: ALICANTO


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FACTS: NEW BENNU


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FACTS: Change of Alicantos Government

In June2005

New Bennu initiated an air bombing campaign to destroysuspected smuggling enclaves citing frustration with whatit described as Alicantos unwillingness to deal with thelawlessness of the Rocian Plateau

In July

the government of Alicanto presented to Parliament a planfor a negotiated settlement that included ceding 40,000hectares of territory in the Rocian Plateau to New Bennu.This led to criticisms by the Guardians.

In August

the Dasu-led government of Alicanto was turned out ofoffice and emergency elections were called.


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FACTS: New Bennu and the New Parliament

September2005

The people returned a parliament in which the Guardians

were the largest party, with 88 seats. Gregory Simurg, the leader of the Guardians, was named

Prime Minister.

In ctober

Prime Minister Simurg proclaimed that he hadsuccessfully negotiated the broad terms of a new cease-fire agreement with New Bennu, without ceding anyterritory.

November2005

Simurg and his New Bennuan counterpart requested thatthe United Nations deploy a peacekeeping force to theRocian Plateau and its surrounding area.


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December

2005

the Security Council authorized the UnitedNations Mission Overseeing the Rocian Plateauand Hinterlands (UNMORPH) to beginoperations as of 1 February 2006

Ravisia, citing its historical ties to both Alicanto

and New Bennu, immediately volunteered tocontribute troops and support personnel toUNMORPH.

The Secretary-General appointedMajor-General Leila Skylarkof the Ravisian Army tohead the mission as Special Representative andForce Commander, and concluded a status-of-forces agreement (SOFA) with Alicanto identicalto the Model SOFA for United NationsPeacekeeping Operations.

The Mission established an operatingheadquarters in the Rocian Plateau which itnamed Camp Tara.

FACTS: SC INTERVENTION (UNMORPH)


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Throughout 2006and into 2007

UNMORPH was able to defuse the border dispute withoutsignificant further bloodshed

Early 2007

SC Renewed mandate of UNMORPH UNMORPH set up a radio station at Camp Tara, staffed

entirely by Ravisian members of the Mission

both to communicate with its own personnel and

to provide security information to local communities.

In October 2007

The Commission concluded that a number of UNMORPHpeacekeeping troops had regularly engaged in non-violentsexual relations with local girls while off duty and outside ofCamp Tara.



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In December2007

Prime Minister Simurg called for UNMORPH to be shutdown, arguing that its peacekeeping mandate had beencompleted, and that its conduct was unacceptablyoffensive to the cultural and religious life of Alicantans.

On 18 February2008,

Major-General Skylark filed a formal report with theSecretary-General, who promptly transmitted it to theSecurity Council stating that the border is generallypeaceful.

On 19 February2008,

the Security Council issued Resolution 6590, which inrelevant part, called for the gradual draw-down of troopsand the termination of UNMORPH by 31 July 2008.


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FACTS: The Introduction of Talonnic Law

In March 2008

the Guardian-led local government of the Northeast Province of Alicanto adopted a number of ordinancesimplementing Talonnic law.

during the nightof 25 April 2008,

NM P observers who happened to be in the areareported that 5 asu demonstrators were illed b armedpolice in Melatha

28 April 2008

The national government moved quic l to restore orderand called for calm through Prime Ministers nationall -broadcast New Years Message

As ed NM P to leave Alicantan soil no later than 1 Jul2008.


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FACTS: Talonnic Law Caused Violence

on 22 May

the medical NGO Doctors of the World told the AssociatedPress that it had received reports of hundreds of violentdeaths in Melatha and elsewhere in the Province.

1 June

martial law was declared in the eight largest cities in the

Northeast Province, and in four cities in the neighboringNorthwest Province.Dasu in the Northeast Province, claiming to fear imminentpersecution, began to flee in large numbers across the RocianPlateau toward New Bennu.

By 30 June

the Dasu population of the Northeast Province had beenreduced by 30%.


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FACTS: The Death of PM Simurg

on 3 July

the Security Council adopted Resolution 6620, attached asAppendix II, which among other things, urged Alicanto totake immediate steps to improve the humanitarian situationin the Rocian Plateau.

On 4 July

the Permanent Representative of Alicanto to the UnitedNations submitted a memorandum to the Secretary-Generaland the President of the Security Council stating that they willnot participate in the wide abuse of human rights

On 7 July

Prime Minister Simurg was killed by a massive explosionafter he held a press conference.

The group responsible for the said killing was called DasuIntegrity Front headed by Piccardo Donati, an Alicantan ofDasu heritage


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Facts: Ravisias Intervention

On22

July

The President of Ravisia delivered a televised address to hernation announcing that her government had collectedextremely reliable intelligence that led her to conclude that

there was a real and present danger of ethnic cleansing on amassive scale about to occur in Alicanto.

She requested an emergency session of the Security Council toconsider two Resolutions proposed by Ravisia:

(1) the withdrawal of the Councils decision to shut downUNMORPH

(2) the authorization of collective action by Ravisia and theother members of R-FAN


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Excerpt from the Speech of the

Ravisian President:y With confidence that I am acting in the best traditions

of our nation and in the best interests of all nations, I

hereby declare to the world that if the Security Councilwill not authorize the international intervention that

we are proposing, our beloved Ravisia will itself honor

its responsibility to protect the good, valiant, and

innocent people of Alicanto, to whom history has

bound us. I will not shirk that duty: I cannot. I call on

all of goodwill to join us in our mission, but we will

complete it in any event. That is my solemn vow.


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Facts: Defeat of Ravisias Propositions

25 July

Both Resolutions proposed by Ravisia were defeated. Thus, an Assembly of R-FAN, voted to endorse unilateral

Ravisian intervention in Alicanto.

On 31 July

the Secretary-General announced the termination of UNMORPH effective midnight local time.

August 1

armed helicopters began to ferry Ravisian special forces,with supplies, into Camp Tara

The Commanding General of the Ravisian Army issued aproclamation declaring the beginning of Operation ProvideShelter (OPS)

By the following week, Camp Tara housed 6,000 armedRavisian troops, who remained under the command ofMajor-General Skylark.


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