Topic: The Situation in the Central African Republic
Country: Uruguay
Delegate Name: Peyton Klochack
School: Grand Blanc High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Uruguay position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
The situation in the Central African Republic is alarming and disturbing to the delegation of Uruguay. As of 2017, according to Human Rights Watch 2017 world report, 2.3 million people need humanitarian aid our of a country of 4.6 million and only 1.9 million people of those 2.3 million actually received aid. Despite the increase in UN Peacekeeping over the period of 3 years after African Union forces began to pull out, sectarian violence plagues the nation, with factions of Seleka fighters disbanding and reorganizing, the rise of the 3R and the Anti-Balaka forces disorganizing and reuniting, it is nearly impossible to draw any cease fire on all sides of the conflict, with civilians taking most of the brunt with estimates reaching from 3,000 to 6,000 people killed. The fighting has led to displacement of more than half a million CAR citizens, with 467,800 living in neighboring countries and 384,300 internally displaced, according to Human Rights Watch. On top of all of this, sexual assault is rampant throughout the nation, with acts of sex violence being committed on all sides, including AU, UN and other peacekeeping forces. While MINUSCA has sent troops home based on these allegations and has launched investigations in all cases, these acts have only increased since revelations were first revealed in 2015, we must create a safe environment for victims of these acts to receive counseling and therapy after such a traumatic experience and to prosecute those who commit such acts. While the success of relatively peaceful presidential elections was an improvement in the region, the country remains an unstable, insecure and proven the government of CAR is clear to not have control over their nation and need the international community to step up its commitment to lasting peace in the region.
While the nation of Uruguay has not established firm relations with CAR, our partners in Africa like Angola and Egypt, nations that are close to CAR and are more familiar with the situation, will be able to establish connections to CAR. Uruguay stands ready to support this committee in whatever resolution it passes both militarily and financially. However, Uruguay would like to see implementation of a plan to care, counsel, and therapy for victims of sexual assault, to create greater and more secure convoy and routes to get food, medicine, doctors and clean water to parts of the nation that desperately need aid by creating multiple secure depots in safe spots in surrounding nations and in the capital of CAR itself and finally increasing overall troop presence in refugee camps and to create better standards for our troops and for the CAR military fighting the war against these groups to finally defeat them. If these ideas are further developed and implemented, then the delegation of Uruguay is more than happy to support such resolutions.
