Topic: Private Sector Access to Outer Space
Country: Iraq
Delegate Name: Emma Alzner
School: Mattawan High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Iraq position papers GLIMUN 2016 committees
The industry of space travel and exploration has dramatically grown within the last few decades. With the advancement of the ability to journey to areas outside of our atmosphere, many have encompassed the idea of finding what lies beyond Earth and have pursued the advancement of this study. This research is incredibly important, and originally was totally controlled and conducted by government programs. Yet with its growth, many programs and companies outside of the government have begun studying space exploration. Iraq recognizes that the privatization of this growing industry is an immediate issue to nations around the globe, and recognizes a resolution must be made that will take into account the economic, security, and many other factors that surround this issue.
Iraq acknowledges that at the given present, as a nation it does not have the technology nor the resources to participate in leading space travel. Iraq sees that the presence of the terrorist group ISIS has crippled the country so that it has been unsuccessful in cultivating the technology required to execute travel or exploration throughout space. Because of this, Iraq is incredibly flexible in working with all nations to foresee a compromise surrounding this issue. However, at the hand of the downfall of oil prices as well as the oppression of war, Iraq’s economy is drastically falling. Privatizing industries could benefit Iraq’s economy and help achieve more stability. While the space industry within Iraq has not been largely successful, privatizing said industry as well as other industries could give the opportunity of producing a more stable and functioning economy. The privatization of space exploration would also provide for a wider database of information and drive progress, which Iraq sees as an incredible benefit to all countries.
While Iraq is willing to communicate, negotiate, and work with all other countries represented within the United Nations SciTech committee, Iraq suggests a resolution that would privatize the space industry while a committee comprised of leading scientists and government officials to foresee the management of said industry. Iraq recognizes that this would boost economic markets worldwide by providing competition, while also keeping programs in check to ensure private space exploration companies are executing work that is safe to the world at large.
