BGA/11/16
Sponsored by Audrey Yu, Rachel Yang, Shivani Palla, Shikha Shyam of Brentwood High School
The delegates above represented the Delegation of Turkey.
This legislation was filed in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural category
Presented as part of the MUN B 2023 conference
| 1 | Noting with concern, the continuously increasing amount of refugees, specifically Syrians, seeking |
| 2 | asylum in Turkey since early 2011 away from their civil war, which currently has no intentions of |
| 3 | stopping anytime soon, |
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| 5 | Recognizing that currently there are 6.6 million Syrians that have been forced to flee their homes |
| 6 | since 2011 and another 6.7 million people that still remain displaced inside the war-torn country, |
| 7 | and that this number will only continue to increase as time goes on, |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Bearing in mind that there are currently too many Syrian refugees in Turkey, forcing the |
| 10 | government to forcibly relocate them relocate them back to Syria, |
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| 12 | Recalling that the New York Declaration agreed that protecting refugees and supporting the |
| 13 | countries that shelter them are shared international responsibilities and must be borne more |
| 14 | equitably and predictably, |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Acknowledging that despite what the New York Declaration states, Turkey currently hosts the most |
| 17 | Syrian refugees, of around 3.5 million, surpassing the second most country by about 3 million, |
| 18 | going against the New York Declaration |
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| 20 | Deeply conscious that life conditions for not only Syrian refugees but also Turkan's are |
| 21 | continuously getting worse in Turkey, due to the decreasing amount of resources and space |
| 22 | available and increasing amount of people living and immigrating there, |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Taking into account, that neighboring countries like Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Germany, France, and |
| 25 | a few more European countries are currently taking in a few Syrian refugees and are fully capable |
| 26 | of taking in more refugees, |
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| 28 | We the Delegation of Turkey do hereby: |
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| 30 | Encourage the countries near Syria and Turkey to form a Bilateral Agreement to share a bigger |
| 31 | part of the burden of hosting refugees, in order to prevent one singular country to become too |
| 32 | overwhelmed, |
| 33 | |
| 34 | Call upon nations not only nearby Syria and Turkey but also countries that are able to accept |
| 35 | refugees to accept more refugees and relocate some away from Turkey, to not only save the lives |
| 36 | of millions of refugees searching for asylum, but also to allow relieve Turkey of the heavy burden |
| 37 | of caring for millions of refugees, |
| 38 | Takes notes of that each country themselves have a maximum number of refugees they can take |
| 39 | in and that Syrian refugees are not the only ones that are seeking asylum, and suggests in return |
| 40 | that each country divides the refugees fairly between them based off of their population and area, |
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| 42 | Trusts the United Nations to see the importance of this resolution and to provide the assistance |
| 43 | needed. |
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