Topic: Determining the Legitimacy of Secession Movements and Obligations of Parent States
Country: Afghanistan
Delegate Name: Isabel Vander Molen
School: Forest Hills Northern High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Afghanistan position papers GLIMUN 2016 committees
In the modern era, most nations have stood relatively united in themselves, however, cases of secession have arisen due to a number of different variables. It’s a long arduous task nowadays to succeed from a parent nation, and certain requirements must be met in order to pass legal succession. In the past years, the following states have succeeded from their parent nations South Sudan from Sudan and Eritrea from Ethiopia
Currently, a succession in northeastern Afghanistan is happening to create a new United Badakhshan People's Republic. In 2015, the Taliban were active in trying to establish power in the Badakhshan province, which impacted China and the US. The Badakhshan province borders Tajikistan on mountainous roads and has been a site where the Taliban has begun to make small progress. So far, the secession movement has not made any great progress. The matter is not addressed on a high note. It wouldn’t be strange if the Afghan government refused the movement since the branching off of a separate state could allow terrorist opportunities during the formalities of trying to create the new state and organize the duties of the parent state.
Although information is limited on the progress of Badakhshan secession, the secession of other countries can demonstrate afghanistan's attitude and beliefs about secession. For example the involvement of afghanistan in the tajikistan secession. There are a many a thing to be said about the secession of tajikistan. However, Afghanistan has not had any recent information about the discussion about everything too.
