Topic: Emergency Food Security Assistance for Refugees
Country: Ethiopia
Delegate Name: Brielle Ashford
School: Roeper School
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Ethiopia would like to extend a fondest greeting to all esteemed delegates and honorable chairs. Ethiopia is greatly looking forward to agreeing upon an efficacious result that will aid in the FAO's main objective of eradicating hunger throughout all nations. Ethiopia most certainly recognizes food security as a basic human right, and as one of Africa’s largest hosts to refugees, is dedicated and determined to support these men, women and children fleeing from their nations in peril.
Ethiopia is heavily involved with refugees and camps, with over 140,000 refugees coming to Ethiopia for assistance from South Sudan since December, 2013. Refugees have left South Sudan not only because of the violent conflict, but also due to the astounding food deprivation they were subject to. Ethiopia is most saddened by this, as these brave people flee their countries in search of their most basic human need, they arrive at supposed safe havens only to find that the problem they attempted to leave in their past is seemingly inescapable. The United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) has provided much needed sustenance for these refugees and others across the globe since 1983, however due to a devastating lack of funding, this effective program cannot provide the assistance that so many camps for refugees desperately need. Ethiopia must implore all nations that can provide funds do so urgently. Ethiopia knows that there is no possible hope for refugees without these funds.
Logistically, Ethiopia feels that nations should be mindful of the placement of refugee camps, as Ethiopia has been plagued with the woes of having camps far too close to the borders of crisis states, rendering this placement inhospitable. Although, simply changing the location of these camps is not as simple as one may think. Ethiopia would like to stress that many refugees fleeing their torn nations travel by foot, and therefore it is most convenient for those in need of assistance if these camps are closer to the borders rather than father. With this in mind, Ethiopia suggests that nations use funds not only to help these refugees, but also invest in security procedures to keep commodities and at risk refugees safe.
The nation of Ethiopia looks forward to seeing resolutions passed that include patented labels for GMOs, a call for able nations to provide much needed funding, and preliminary security measures. Ethiopia is certain that after careful deliberation, all delegations will find an agreeable resolution for these pressing issues.
