Topic: Countering the Threat Posed by Improvised Explosive Devices
Country: Saudi Arabia
Delegate Name: Kathryn Chambers
School: Forest Hills Central High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Saudi Arabia position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
IEDs (improvised explosive device) pose a great threat to society, killing and harming innocent civilians. They are usually defined as a “device placed or fabricated in an improvised manner incorporating destructive, lethal, noxious, pyrotechnic, or incendiary chemicals and designed to destroy, incapacitate, harass, or distract,” and are used by unofficial/unauthorized forces (Taliban, Al-Qaeda, etc.). They can be obtained/made easily and need only common materials to build, such as fertilizer, bleach, and brake fluid. The use of IEDs by terror groups is on a constant uprise, and the threat they pose on civilians and countries cause those in power to feel unsettled and search for a solution. IED’s are known to be used in regions of conflict, but the simple notion that the IED’s will no longer be in use when conflict subsides in naive. The simplicity of IED’s creates a risk is far to great to ignore and nearly impossible to clear out IEDs without unruly limitations on civilians. However, nations can regulate the distribution of the goods necessary for making IED’s, such as restricting the purchase of certain fertilizers. In 1996, The CCW also amended its second Protocol in to categorize IEDs under the name of “Other devices,” thus banning their use by the 115 nations, helping to find a solution to this crisis.
As terrorist groups grow in Saudi Arabia, so do the number of IEDs. in 2015, Saudi suffered from 5 terrorist attacks, resulting in 189 deaths. To counteract this, The Ministry of Interior (MoI) Special Emergency Force (SEF) are working to end these bombings. Every region in Saudi Arabia has a unit of the engineering corps (Army), and Border security at checkpoints and other entry-points into the country. Saudi Arabia has its civilians and employees working relentlessly to protect Saudi from more terror attacks.
