Topic: 2024-Private Military Contractors
Country: Philippines
Delegate Name: Dominik Barrett
A PMC is a Private Military Contractor who can be hired by governments or private businesses to defend their country, property, or interests. Unfortunately, The Philippines has used PMCs in the past because they needed protection for their properties and real important people in the country. As the delegate from the Philippines, we support the use of private military contractors (PMCs) in some resorts. That is why we believe there needs to be more specific legal frameworks relating to this. According to Vincent Kyle Paranda from the Office of Naval Strategic Studies the men who assassinated provincial governor Roel Degamo were part of the official military and they were outraged so they joined a PMC and killed Degamo. We think that PMCs are great in some situations such as humanitarian aid but could be seen as a threat when they are intended there to help with natural disaster relief. Based on that we call upon the United Nations to put together a UN policy that outlaws the ability for governments to use or hire PMCs as this would be dangerous to their government and unfair to their allies or enemies. We also call upon the UN to create policy that eliminates the ability for private citizens or entities to use PMCs as it could endanger citizens. Finally, The Philippines will be most favorable to PMCs if they are to be used by NGOs to provide humanitarian aid in difficult terrains.
For humanitarian needs and natural disasters, the Philippines understands when these disasters occur and they bring in PMC’s, the people of the Nation(s) are hesitant to accept their help because of the vehicles they use are looking like a real threat instead of help. We think there are only three options to fix this, (1) the PMC’s Put a symbol on their vehicles to specify they are there to help (2) they make their help vehicles a different color to indicate they are there to help and (3) just use armored vehicles instead of armed vehicles so they can cross the difficult terrain to reach populations in need. With that said we call upon the United Nations to consider creating a policy with those standards above.
The Philippines look forward to working with like-minded countries who are learning from their mistakes so that we can encourage other UN members to join us in banning the use of PMCs as a military option. However, it will important for countries in committee to address the reason why PMCs have been used in the past. By doing so, we will hopefully get rid of the need for people or countries to want them. As a result, The Philippines looks forward to discussing ways in which governments can work with their citizens to rebuild trust through representation in their laws.
Sources Used
Britannica.com. “The Philippines.” Https://Www.Britannica.Com/Place/Philippines, Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/place/Philippines. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
“Politics, Power and Private Armed Groups in the Philippines.” East Asia Forum, 14 Apr. 2023,eastasiaforum.org/2023/04/14/politics-power-and-private-armed-groups-in-the-philippines/.
