Topic: Countering the Threat Posed by Improvised Explosive Devices
Country: Burundi
Delegate Name: Karthik Vuyyuru
School: Forest Hills Eastern High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Burundi position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have cost 53,000 civilian lives throughout just the last three years. IEDs have to be eliminated to at least a certain extent before they start to come on the rise again and hurt many more people especially due to the many conflicts occurring around the world. Thus, the elimination of IEDs is a highly important topic to discuss for the Disarmament and International Security Committee (DISEC). Burundi cares about IEDs because of the lethal damage and turmoil that they have caused in the past. Burundi’s government has been fighting the Al-Shabab back in 2012, that is terrorist group whose arsenal included these deadly IEDs. From the Al-Shabab, many civilians of Burundi have died because of these weapons, and also because there were fragments of these weapons that were not used and exploded randomly later. Burundi has already received help from the United States in 2014 when the US forces helped Burundi’s forces learn about IEDs, their effects, and how to combat and disarm them. Even with this, Burundi would like further assistance and would like to see other countries also learn about the disarmament of IEDs.
IEDs were and still are a problem in Burundi. Burundi advocates for the worldwide education and disarmament of IEDs. We also would advocate to completely eliminate IEDs from military arsenals altogether. The government has already paired up with more developed countries to teach the military about IEDs and how to disarm them as stated in the previous paragraph. Burundi realizes how much negative impact IEDs contain and has decided to try to completely rid the country of past, present, and any future attempts of planting IEDs. Burundi believes that it is taking the right steps to eliminate this problem and would like help from the United Nations and other developed countries to take charge in this initiative. Burundi supports any policy that will effectively terminate the usage of IEDs or that can assist developing countries get rid of IEDs.
One recommendation that Burundi would like to push is that IEDs are prevalent everywhere, not only in small developing countries. Many acts of terrorism are done through IEDs because they are relatively easy to make and can cause substantial damage. Through this, Burundi would like it to be known that IEDs are an annoyance that have caused tragic losses of life and they should be eliminated. Overall, Burundi would like immediate action to eliminate the use of IEDs across the world and in Burundi to make sure no more innocent people and Burundi citizens die from these catastrophic devices.
