Topic: The Situation in Yemen
Country: Chad
Delegate Name: Federica Miriani
School: Royal Oak High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Chad position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
Yemen is experiencing a war between the president forces and rebels forces that is affecting the people of the country. The destruction of civilian infrastructure, the restriction of food and the presence of terrorist organizations is devastating Yemen’s population. The urgency of these people outweighs any other current situation; we need to help Yemen’s people. The nation of Chad believes the presence of terrorism organizations should be eradicated from Yemen’s territory to restore the peace. Terrorism organizations are being financed mainly through the sale of oil, the main reason why Yemen is a strategic place. Should we ask ourselves who is buying the oil? Who is financing the murder of thousand of innocent people? Countries that support terrorist organizations are also guilty of the murder of the innocent people of Yemen. We should establish measures to condemn this illegal activities. All these questions should be addressed by the committee to raise awareness of the causes of this humanitarian crisis. We support the Resolution 2216 and the Resolution 2201. Both of them establishes the necessity of an agreement between Houthi and Hadi forces to reach a pacific deal which would favor the people of Yemen. Furthermore as the Chad representative said “The Security Council must send strong and firm message to all parties, notably the Houthis, to immediately stop the violence and comply with the transition process, he stated, adding that it was unacceptable for an armed militia to use violence to jeopardize the constitutional order. All parties were obliged to comply with international humanitarian law and to not target civilian infrastructure.” Houthis have systematically ignored this Resolutions by intensifying the their military actions, threatening the country’s and region’s security. All nations should be supporting the fight to reach a peaceful agreement between the two forces that are now disputing for Yemen’s power. Furthermore, Saudi Arabia together with the exiled president, they have been stealing oil from Yemen’s territory. Right now Yemen’s population is being forgotten. The greed of countries and terrorist organizations for exploiting the natural resources of Yemen for their benefit is murdering thousand of innocent people. We should discuss today the way of helping Yemen’s people who are the real victims of this inadmissible conflict. As a nation that believes in a democratic system we expressed our hopes that this conflict reach an end by diplomatic channels.
