Topic: Ukraine
Country: Nigeria
Delegate Name: Jack Hanley
School: Mattawan High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Nigeria position papers GLIMUN 2018 committees
Ukraine and Russia have had a deteriorating relationship since 1991 when Ukraine ceased to be a Soviet controlled state, and instead became independent. Many incidents among the two countries since the falling out have led to the distrust between the two countries growing. As like any situation there are two sides in both countries, there are Ukrainians who support Russia and want to rejoin them as a territory of Russia, and there are Ukrainians who desire to remain independent. Similarly there are Russian who want Ukraine back and Russians who would prefer if Ukraine stayed independent. The majority people in Ukraine want to be independent and the majority of Russians want Ukraine back as an internal state. As tensions rise and Russia moves to act on its desires to bring Ukraine, and Ukraine continues to stray further from its roots with communism and the Socialist Republic, Russia grows ever more desperate to regain control of its old territory, fearing that Ukraine may differentiate cultures to join the west as an ally over its old partnership with Russia.
Nigeria, not unlike Ukraine, became independent from a parent country in 1960 when Queen Elizabeth II and the british were forced out of Nigeria and replaced the old monarchy with a commonwealth republic, heralded by the governor-general Nnamdi Azikiwe. Nigeria has had an overwhelming stance on non-alignment and non-interference when it comes to issues not regarding its people, policies, or borders. However, Nigeria like any other country does have embassies in countries, while the Nigerian embassies are not nearly as far and wide reaching as those of other countries, NIgeria does have an embassy in Moscow, where no such embassy exists in Kiev. Nigerian past and policy may agree with the Ukraines on this issue, but the Nigerian loyalty is to the Russians before the Ukraines.
A possible solution to the response of Russian troop movements and militaristic dealing with Ukraine is to split the already fractured country once again. If the Ukrainians were to round up the Russian supporters and give them land to rejoin Russia, or send them to Russia, than Russia would have its ties to the Ukrainian people back, and Ukraine would be able to live without the threat of Russian invasion, and without the threat of uprising when it inevitably shifts its culture, knowing its connection to the parent country remains strong.
