Topic: The Situation in Yemen
Country: Canada
Delegate Name: Ethan Briggs
School: Williamston High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Canada position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
For many years, Yemen, and its surrounding areas have been in a bloody war that has cost thousands of lives. After a dispute between a religious group of Shia Muslims and the government, fighting broke out between the two groups. After a while, to restore peace to the country, Saudi Arabia, along with other Arabian countries have intervened to stop the fighting, however progress has been slow. Along with the rise of a deadly virus, Yemen’s people have been staring into the face of death for a long time. Even after years of fighting, no end is in sight. As a longtime ally to Saudi Arabia, Canada has continued to support the Saudi Kingdom with small arms and vehicles help Saudi Arabia protect its citizens from threats both at home and abroad. Canada’s position in this, along with other countries, can be seen primarily as a spectator of the continuing conflict, with little to no influence on the region itself. Despite this, we want to help bring peace to the country, and have been reaching out to Saudi Arabia, along with other countries in order to help facilitate this. Canada hopes that this can help end the conflict in a peaceful manner. Canada would like to see countries that sell weapons and goods to countries in the conflict come together and reduce their sales as a whole. If countries are willing to do this, this group can work together to pay each other back, and bring peace to the war-torn country. We would also like to see some of the generals in the Saudi Arabian army be charged for their inhumane crimes against the people of Yemen. Canada hopes countries that supply weapons to either side of the conflict will help Canada in this attempt to bring peace to the region.
