Topic:
Country: Somalia
Delegate Name: Ethan Hess
Internal conflict has plagued Somalia since the 1960s when our nation gained independence, with various insurgent groups gaining influence in, and at points control over Somalia. In recent years Al-Shabaab was the main insurgent group within Somalia. After capturing their last stronghold at Kismayo and establishing The Federal Parliament of Somalia, a broader sense of stability was returned to the nation. That said, there are still many groups within Somalia that pose a threat to the country, including insurgent pockets that persisted in Operation Indian Ocean, and more notably the self-proclaimed nation of Somaliland in the north of Somalia that split off from Somalia in a war spanning the 1980s.
At present forces from Khaatumo SSC, an arm of the Somali government, conflict with forces from the Terrorist group that governs Somaliland, with aid from the African Union forthcoming. However, that aid has come into question by Somalia after the recent deal made between Ethiopia and the terrorist leaders of Somaliland. Recently representatives from Etheopia and Somalia reconciled these issues and Etheopia’s membership with the AUSSOM mission has been resumed, but this partnership could still be called uneasy. Another recent international incident affecting Somalia and its war against the Somaliland terrorists came on January 20th of 2025, when U.S. President Donald Trump, in an executive order lasting 90 days cut off foreign aid Somalia had been receiving through USAID. This aid has not been resumed despite calls from Somalia and NGOs working with those who are displaced and suffering within Somalia.
Somalia seeks the United Nations Security Council’s help in this coming conflict through two avenues, military aid and humanitarian. Last August the Security Council voted unanimously to support and approve the African Union’s Military assistance to Somalia, a decision we wish to see reaffirmed and expanded in its scope. Somalia also seeks to lobby members of the UNSC to commit UN funding as well as funds from their foreign aid budgets to the Somalia Humanitarian Fund, a fund increasingly vital to the people of Somalia with the recent withdrawal of United States foreign aid.
