Crisis within the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa is one of the most complex and conflicted regions in the world. These countries of the Horn - Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Sudan, suffer from protracted political strife that surfaced both locally and internationally , identity politics and regional inter-state rivalries. An example of the conflicts would be a rebellion which was originally a Muslim movement against the Christian government of the environment and recently involved ideological and social conflicts.
Citizens of these countries are often plagued by political instability and unrest. After the unmoderated caucus debates, countries across the globe have came to a decision that peacekeeping and the transparency of the government is crucial to curb and prevent the advancements of political unrests arising from the Horn of Africa.
The delegate of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea had initially wanted to work with the delegate of the United States of America to come up with solutions to problems in the region. However, he ultimately chose not to as he deemed the latter to be too difficult to work with. In response, America felt the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was shutting them out and refusing to acknowledge their ideas. The possibilities of these two delegates working together is now close to none. A heated debate continued within the council. Alliances were formed in order to create mutual support between countries and were quick to judge the proposed outcomes of outsiders. For example, the delegate of the African Union believed that there was a lack of representation for citizens of the Horn and suggested a transparent voting process for the election of government in order for citizens to have more faith in their government, preventing future conflicts between the government and the citizens. Opposing this stood the delegate of Kazakhstan, who felt there was no need for transparency in the government as it was not at fault. Instead, she feels that the council should cast their attention to the economy of the countries affected by political instability in the Horn of Africa.
After many discussions, the delegates have ultimately decided on setting up stronger peacekeeping forces to curb the military troops who are initiating wars across the countries. They also agreed to ensure governments maintain transparency in voting processes to foster trust between the government and their citizens. These agreements will be put in place when tensions rise and there is a need for foreign intervention. For example, when there are conflicts between citizens of different religions and views or when the situation is very severe, the peacekeeping troops can be deployed. These peacekeeping forces will be activated when there is a threat in the national security of the country where the conflicts occurs and foreign interventions will be kept at a minimum to prevent any corruption or displacement in the government.
A possible future problem for discussion is the issue of severe malnutrition in children and famine. The delegate of Nigeria has suggested for the council to discuss financial methods to aid the countries in the Horn and implement them such that they able to sustain their own funds in the long run.
Millions of people have been affected by the ever occurring wars and tensions that break out in almost every part of these countries. If left untouched, there is little chance that conflict will stop, especially since the military groups mainly rise from the religions. The different religions often has very different point of views that they deem correct and the soldiers of these religious are often children. These children make up almost half the entire population of the country which shows that the troops are strong in numbers.
As such, the delegates have come to a conclusion that by solving corruption within the government and preventing them from being even more corrupted, a temporary peace might be established for citizens until the respective countries come up with a permanent solution to end the sufferings of the citizens for once and for all.
