I am a 15 year old homeschooled debater in the NCFCA league, and as many of you know, the resolution this year is "NATO should be significantly reformed or abolished."
Now- with debate, we propose a plan to be enacted to make NATO a better place, or improve it somehow. This ranges from the removal of caveats, to disengagement from the UN, to severing the NRC [NATO-Russia Council], and so on. If you have absolutely ANY ideas on how NATO could be improved, please EMAIL me at [email protected].
But- I came for a rather interesting question. Through research, I have determined NATO needs a UN mandate to go on peace-keeping/humanitarian missions/anything other than Article 5 contingencies. This is shown through Article 53 of the UN Charter. In my debate case, I have to reform NATO. My partner and I are running disengagement from the UN. We don't believe Russia and China [members of UN's Security Council] should be in charge of NATO. They've vetoed NATO missions in the past for "trivial political reasons". But the thing is, I can only reform NATO, not the UN, nor it's Charter. Does anyone have any ideas as how to reform NATO [or the North Atlantic Treaty] so it does NATO have to obey Article 53 of the UN Charter?
I am in severe need of this- my partner and I have qualified and are going to Regionals in two weeks, and we need to find some way to do this.
If you have any ideas, comments, suggestions, or just want to talk, please email me at [email protected].
Thanks!
-Alyssa
Now- with debate, we propose a plan to be enacted to make NATO a better place, or improve it somehow. This ranges from the removal of caveats, to disengagement from the UN, to severing the NRC [NATO-Russia Council], and so on. If you have absolutely ANY ideas on how NATO could be improved, please EMAIL me at [email protected].
But- I came for a rather interesting question. Through research, I have determined NATO needs a UN mandate to go on peace-keeping/humanitarian missions/anything other than Article 5 contingencies. This is shown through Article 53 of the UN Charter. In my debate case, I have to reform NATO. My partner and I are running disengagement from the UN. We don't believe Russia and China [members of UN's Security Council] should be in charge of NATO. They've vetoed NATO missions in the past for "trivial political reasons". But the thing is, I can only reform NATO, not the UN, nor it's Charter. Does anyone have any ideas as how to reform NATO [or the North Atlantic Treaty] so it does NATO have to obey Article 53 of the UN Charter?
I am in severe need of this- my partner and I have qualified and are going to Regionals in two weeks, and we need to find some way to do this.
If you have any ideas, comments, suggestions, or just want to talk, please email me at [email protected].
Thanks!
-Alyssa