Topic: Ensuring Stability in Kyrgyzstan
Country: Ukraine
Delegate Name: Jordan Drake
School: Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Ukraine position papers GLIMUN 2010 committees
In the recent years of the disbanding of the USSR, there were several territories which were “**Abandoned**” by Russia and left to fend for themselves economically, politically, and militarily. The last of these has not yet become a problem in most of the former Soviet Territories, but the first two have certainly filled in where the last hasn't. Some nations have certainly been hit harder than others; if one were to look at the differences between Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, the observer would see that the countries' pasts are relatively similar but their progressions after the disbanding of the USSR began to stray from one another; one of the more obvious differences in the countries being the stability of the nations, but also the economic standings of the nations set them apart as well.
I've mentioned a few deficiencies in some different political, economic, and social structures of Kyrgyzstan (not to say that Ukraine does not have its own deficiencies and shortcomings), but the greatest of these are its political and martial instability. There may be some countries which have some of their own self-centered *motives* for stabilizing the nation other than for the nation's own health and livelihood; some nations may even have military interests in the country and use that as their only motivation. The nation of Ukraine has no direct problems with this fact, but we are somewhat offset by nations being as egocentric to only wish the remediation of another country for its own military and economic gains.
I'd like to draw a *line of comparison* between a few nations and show some trends in statistics among them. If one were to order nations by their measure of political unrest and anarchical violence, and then would observe the nations' economic statuses; they would notice a shockingly pronounced correlation of more political disarray to less economic power. This is why the nation of Ukraine feels that economic support in Kyrgyzstan coupled with military support to prevent overthrow of existing government would greatly improve the lives of Kyrgyzstanis. It would also be beneficial to the citizens of Kyrgyzstan to be informed of, for example, why there are peacekeeping troops in their streets, because without this knowledge many may become fearful and resort to violence against the troops which would not be best for the citizens' well-being.
The nation of Ukraine would be elated to offer its support to the struggling nation of Kyrgyzstan if needed, because we have felt similar *growing pains* and, as stated before, we've followed similar paths in our national youth, and would like to lend a helping hand as other nations have done for us. We would also encourage other countries to follow in our willingness to help a nation in need. Economic and political transitions can be some of the most trying times for a nation, and they will more than likely need help then, so we should all be more than willing to help.
