Topic: 2025 – No First Use Policies and Nuclear Disarmament
Country: Nigeria
Delegate Name: James Zawacki
Disarmament and International Security Committee
Reducing the Recruitment Capabilities of Terrorist Groups
Federal Republic of Nigeria
James Zawacki
Forest Hills Eastern High School
The highest ranking point of interest falls under the topic of recruitment. An unfortunate fact of the matter is that issues such as poor education, lack of opportunity in the labor market, human rights violations, and communal isolation are driving factors that push individuals toward extremism. Now more than ever, it is important to find ways to mitigate human rights violations and socioeconomic problems that push recruitment for terrorist organizations. However, it is also worth noting that social media and education play a significant role in promoting recruitment and educating others about recruitment methods. The United Nations strongly advocates for a “comprehensive approach encompassing not only security-based counterterrorism measures,” but also for solutions to the underlying conditions that drive recruits to join these recruitment agencies. The United Nations has addressed this issue in the past by launching the CT Tech initiative, aimed at strengthening the capabilities of Law enforcement and criminal justice authorities in countering terrorist organizations and recruitment centers, which launched in 2022. Unfortunately, new regulations and expansions of such policies need to be deliberated on further to adapt to the new and changing strategies of Recruitment and world technology.
The Federal Republic of Nigeria recognizes the immediate need for protection and action to reduce the recruitment numbers of terrorist organizations and their capabilities through the use of technology and other forms of communication commonly used for recruitment. Nigeria has counterterrorism legal frameworks such as the Terrorist Prevention Act, which aims to secure identity and prepare against threats. This policy delves into the roots of extreme terrorism by adopting a comprehensive societal approach, promoting collaboration among civil society, leaders, and stakeholders. Nigeria is now more relevant than ever in the field of terrorism, as indices from 2024 indicate that Nigeria is ranked 8th in the world for terrorism deaths, with 565 deaths recorded from terrorist activity. But this number is on the rise as Global rankings place them about sixth as of 2025. The majority of these terrorist threats come from militant religious groups and criminal gangs, which are often divided by the underlying issues of poverty and socioeconomic inequality. Nigeria has worked in tandem with the UN and other organizations, such as the African Union, to help counteract the surge of terrorism. This includes topics and plans such as the road map to “Silence the Guns by 2030”.Nigeria has also passed Laws such as the Cybercrimes Act of 2015, which is a framework that criminalizes the use of the internet for purposes such as terrorism.
The Federal Republic of Nigeria urges the United Nations to take more action and invest more resources in combating terrorist organizations and recruitment centers through the use of new technology and improved education/information about these organizations. Nigeria recommends addressing the root of the cause, that being inequality and social unrest, as well as promoting more awareness about organizations. This could help developing countries and developed countries more accurately identify and locate sources of terrorist Behavior. By achieving Nigeria’s goals, terrorism could meet a low not just in its own country but all around the world, fortifying and protecting them from Terror.
