Topic: Encouraging Alternative Energy
Country: Congo
Delegate Name: Novi Dosanjh
School: Forest Hills Central High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Congo position papers GLIMUN 2015 committees
The Republic of Congo is a small country located on the west coast of Africa. The republic gained independence in June of 1960 and joined the UN just a couple months after. The country lives in poverty and needs help. The topic of “encouraging alternative energy” impacts my country strongly. My country has policies regarding deforestation and forest management, so it makes it difficult for us to obtain energy sources to our population. We realize that alternative energy is, in fact, expensive and we hope to get help in the financial aspect of it all. As the population continues to grow, so do our deforestation rates, unless we find another energy source to provide them with. Our government has taken action in regards to helping us. I hope the committee can come up with a resolution that assists underdeveloped countries with the creation of alternative energy to aid not just us, but the entire world. Possible ideas for alternative energy are creating solar panels which would assist my country well. With the solar panels, it takes 7-15 years to get your money back. Due to the large amount of sunlight the Republic of Congo receives we could most likely get it back in 7. For countries that are not underdeveloped there should be a required amount of energy that comes from alternative sources to help better our world’s environment. Every country's pollution affects our world, so alternative energy sources is an every country problem. Alternative energy would benefit everyone as long as the UN is willing to give us the funding to do so.
