Topic: 2025 – Responsibility of International Organizations
Country: Central African Republic
Delegate Name: Haley Hansen
International organizations such as the EU, NATO, UN, and HRD are cornerstones of furthering
the possibility of peace and order within struggling countries. I believe my fellow delegates can agree
with me that these organizations are crucial to every country. But these organizations can make mistakes
that worsen the disorder in the countries they wish to help. These mistakes can be of individual fault or of
the organizations themselves. The Central African Republic believes that holding these parties responsible
for their actions is important, but maintaining fair judgment and acknowledging their intentions is
necessary as well.
The Central African Republic has been a struggling country for a long time, due to many factors.
But recent steady improvements can be greatly attributed to the international aid that it has received. The
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (or
MINUSCA) has been widely praised for its work in the country. It has disbanded numerous armed
groups, with eleven of fourteen having joined the peace agreement, with the two most recent groups to
join being the Central African Republic’s most active armed groups. The work of MINUSCA has allowed
the Central African Republic’s government to have time to reform and establish reliable security
measures.
However, this does not mean that international organizations have not worsened the situation in
the Central African Republic. The Central African Republic has suffered many abuses from international
aid groups. For example, on the seventeenth of January two thousand and twenty three, a group of russian
aid workers drove up to Privat Damabakizi’s house demanding to see him. Privat had recently bought a
radio that he didn’t know was stolen by the seller. But because of which the russian workers beat him,
then threw him into the back of their truck and proceeded to torture him by beating and stabbing him
while his wife screamed for him as they drove away. He was never seen again, presumed to have been
tortured to death (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty). The Central African Republic has long suffered
sexual violence, killings, torture, and attacks from International groups meant to aid it.
Given the immense improvements achieved by international organizations, the Central African
Republic believes that a flexible form of punishment for organizations is important to maintain
effectiveness. We strongly believe in the ability of these organizations to improve. But for countries that
have suffered due to these organizations, transparency is a necessity for trust to be regained. These
organizations need to be completely transparent about their actions and plans for the countries they are
helping. Responsibility for these mistakes should be on the individual perpetrators, so as not to be
counterproductive to the progress that could be made. But it must be acknowledged that much trust must
be regained for countries that have been negatively affected to allow progress to be made
