Topic: Rising Nationalism and Political Extremism
Country: Uganda
Delegate Name: Maggie Murphy
School: Forest Hills Northern High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Uganda position papers GLIMUN 2018 committees
Nationalism is arguably one of the most powerful forces in the world; it is able to connect millions of people in a sense of unity. However, when a country has such a high sense of nationalism it can cause many problems. Currently, President Donald Trump is nationalist that he refuses to let refugees from Latin American countries and has threaten to cut off all aid to Honduras because of this. Many would say that Britain is to blame for the high amount of nationalistic mindset in Uganda. Britain purposefully withdrew from Uganda before nationalist parties could form, a good thing for them but a bad thing for the African country. With the sudden withdrawal from Uganda, Ugandans were unable to form political parties among their diverse ethnic groups. Uganda recognizes that some sense of nationalism is needed to unite a country, but that it should not come to such a high amount that it could be classified as terrorism. Not many motions have been taken to help reform Uganda's problem, so the country strongly urges that the UN address the problem through education to educate those who have not yet been. Uganda was said to be one of the new upcoming countries at the time of their independence, with a record number of newly educated and the nation wishes to restore the amount of educated people and educate those who know little about nationalism.
