Mr. Chairman, Delegates, and Guests
The Republic of Singapore is excited to a part of the 2011 session of the New Mexico Model United Nations General Assembly and working with such a talented group of individuals.
Singapore is known the world over for its pro-Western attitude and for the abundance of western individuals on its soil. This makes Singapore a blatant target for terrorist, especially Islamic Radicals in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Thus, Singapore finds it especially pressing that the UN can come to a consensus on how to respond to such attacks, should one occur on Singaporean soil.
Singapore’s major trading partners are the key proponents of the European Union, consequently, these times of economic crisis have impacted Singapore, as the EU faces major economic distress. The trading partners of the EU, including Singapore, find it especially critical that the market remain open with a single set of rules during course of recovery and stabilization. This will allow for business and revenue to remain in place and keep the economic strategies the same.
Following the Libyan revolution, Singapore made a statement as part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to show its support of the National Transitional Council and the efforts the NTC is making in the transition to democracy in that country. Singapore believes the people of post-revolutionary countries must make their own decisions with regards to their future and ask for assistance in civilian protection and peaceful political procession.
As Singapore has been successful with a very large public military firm, they do not see the need for countries to continue with private firms. However, countries do have the right to choose their military status based on the type of market they have and, as always, the UN must keep a nations sovereignty in mind at all times.
Thank you for your time and we look forward to working with everyone toward viable solutions to these four topics.
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