Topic: 2024-Private Military Contractors
Country: Argentina
Delegate Name: Ben Cook
Argentina has a generally cautious and restrictive position on private military contractors. Argentina’s stance on private military contractors is generally negative. They are “concerned about regulation and accountability of armed forces”. Argentina is a signatory to lots of international agreements that have goals of regulating the use of force in military operations. Even though Argentina does not have specific legislation focused on private military contractors, they are influenced by things like “The United Nations and Mercosur” and ”Mercosur” which have goals of increasing privatization and having a more peaceful and stable resolution of conflicts. Argentina also aligns with things like the Montreux Document (2008), which provides guidelines for regulating private security companies. Argentina is also a signatory to the Geneva Conventions, which focuses on the importance of accountability for everyone involved in armed conflict.
Argentina’s experiences are a big part of its position on private military contractors, including its involvement in the Falklands War (1982) and the countries history of dictatorships. These things have shaped the nation’s approach to military privatization and pmcs all over the country. Argentina is concerned about the lack of transparency associated with PMCs. These PMCs are often hired by governments without full oversight, and their operations are not bound by the same laws as state military. This allows them to operate outside of things, which sometimes leads to human rights violations, and sometimes war crimes. Argentina emphasizes the importance of holding all parties to the same laws to ensure peace.
Some possible solutions Argentina may have would be to establish laws on PMCs, to monitor these PMC’s closer, and to ban on the use of PMCs in Non-UN Conflicts to ensure peace.
