Topic: The Rights and Status of Refugees
Country: United Arab Emirates
Delegate Name: Arjun Singh
School: Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All United Arab Emirates position papers GLIMUN 2018 committees
The rights and status of refugees is issue that must be discussed immediately by the United Nations. To this day millions are displaced from their homes living in awful conditions and not enough has been done by the international community to combat this problem. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has made great strides in recent year to protect Syrian refugees during a brutal civil war. The UAE has made a pledge to bring in 15000 refugees by 2021 and has provided around 750 million US dollars to help neighboring countries deal with the refugee crisis. Around 13.5 million Syrians are displaced and in need of humanitarian assistance (UNHCR). The UAE believes that as an international community we set aside our differences and realise every nation must do their part until this massive crisis has been controlled.
Last year the UAE worked with Canada for a resolution to accept 15000 refugees by 2021. Although this seems small compared to the 13.5 million displaced Syrians who are displaced, we have also accepted 123000 Syrians since the crisis began seven years ago. Each nation has the obligation to do their part as well as they can to accept these displaced people. Many nations have refused to accept refugees as if it is not their problem. The refugee crisis is not just Syria’s problem or Afghanistan’s problem it is the whole world’s problem and it should be treated as such. The UAE is completely against this anti-refugee settlement being propagated across the world and will continue to do our best to make sure every displaced person has basic human necessities.
The UAE believes the international community should work together and make a safer world for all people. Each nation should make a pledge to take in an amount of immigrants that is proportional to their population and there should be proper inspection with in the nations to make sure the immigrants are being treated fairly and living in safe conditions. The immigrant crisis is not a problem of whether or not a country wants to bring in immigrants but how, and each nation must make significant strides to protect these displaced people before it is to late.
