Topic: Controlling Biting-Insect Populations
Country: Sweden
Delegate Name: Hannah Jones-Reiser
School: Forest Hills Central High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Sweden position papers GLIMUN 2015 committees
Sweden recognizes the importance of limiting the population of biting insects. Insects that bite humans oftentimes transmit illnesses and diseases such as malaria and dengue fever to their hosts, especially in countries that have climates more contusive to the breeding of these insects. These insect-borne maladies account for over 1 million deaths annually all over the world. The majority of the diseases being spread are viruses rather than bacteria, making it even harder to treat infected patients. While Sweden has not experienced an outbreak of diseases caused by insect bites, we continually support the efforts of the UN to attempt to produce a remedy for this problem.
Sweden reaffirms the study done that produces a male mosquito that, when breeding with other mosquitos, will lead to a generation of mosquitos that die off. Recognizing that mosquitos, despite how big of a problem they can be, are still a vital part of many ecosystems, Sweden supports this practice over practices that would suggest the annihilation of mosquitos. We also recognize that because we do not face this problem in our own country, we should listen to the voices of the countries that experience this epidemic, and rather than seeking to create a panacea for this complex issue, seek to work with them to create a solution that meets the special needs of each affected country.
Once again, Sweden would like to call upon the aid of Doctors Without Borders to structure a plan that would provide medical supplies specifically for the treatment of these illnesses to affected countries with little or no cost to the country receiving aid. We would also like to encourage Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations to oversee population limiting efforts to ensure that the balance of different ecosystems is not being harmed.
