Topic: 2024-Supply Chain Stability
Country: Afghanistan
Delegate Name: Cosmo Steffke
Cosmo Steffke
The Roeper School
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Special Political Committee (SPECPOL)
As it stands currently, supply chains internationally are struggling to complete their tasks as needed. Between wars and regional conflicts, natural disasters, and supply chain inefficiencies, suppliers have not been able to keep up with increased demand and increasingly difficult conditions. As products are becoming harder to receive, it has a direct toll on national economies in the form of inflation, supply insecurity, and interdependency between companies leading to even more supply chain disruptions.
The delegation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan would like to bring to attention its struggles with supply chain issues, with healthcare systems in shambles trying to receive life-depending medications from receiving countries, Taliban takeover causing an increase of already one of the worst food insecurity crisis in the world, and the climate crisis with the funding crisis only intensifying an already bad situation. Even though many countries have already continued to contribute aid to Afghanistan, our situation continues to degrade, and many countries are nearing the same level as well.
There is an urgent need to make our supply chains more resilient and solve some of the underlying problems affecting countries worldwide. Because many smaller problems are contributing to this crisis, a solution proposed by this committee needs to be close to all-encompassing to have any effect. Some small solutions that could contribute to our overarching goal could include diversification of supply sources to reduce the overuse of particular sources, improving demand forecasting to give suppliers more time for preparation, and improving communication between suppliers to mitigate problems that arise between interdependencies. The delegation of Afghanistan is urgent to work towards a solution with this committee.
Sources
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https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-taliban-takeover-means-food-security-afghanistan
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9461608/
https://blacksmithint.com/the-taliban-takeover-effects-on-supply-chains/
https://www.wfp.org/emergencies/afghanistan-emergency
https://www.unicef.org/afghanistan/sites/unicef.org.afghanistan/files/2018-06/Optimizing%20supply%20chains%20in%20Afghanistan.pdf
