Topic: 2025 – Responsibility of International Organizations
Country: Ethiopia
Delegate Name: Xavier Sapotichne
Country: Ethiopia
Committee: Legal Committee
Topic: Responsibility of International Organizations
Delegate: Xavier Sapotichne
School: Okemos High School
Ethiopia believes that a legal framework is required for all levels of government, including national, regional, and international, to prevent impunity of international officials (IOs). We have come to the viewpoint that the organization is critically involved in the accountability of its IOs. We also believe that a framework should be developed to address abuse of immunity and misconduct that fall outside international organization and functional immunity. It is essential to establish this framework to hold IOs accountable for their actions to prevent more impunity and abuse of immunity in the future. We also believe that state governments should more clearly outline and define misconduct among IOs to prevent impunity.
We believe that international cooperation should be a guarantee and that the shortcomings of international organizations can undermine the cooperation that we need to advance and solve problems that fall under the UN’s umbrella. We believe that a framework should be created that separates the state from international organizations. While judicial power resides with the national governments, we believe that it is very important for the government to stay impartial while investigating international organizations and to properly reprimand IOs that are detrimental to the UN’s goal of government cooperation. We believe that impartiality can be specified by providing a framework to help international organizations take accountability for their actions in a way that shows the UN is holding itself and its organizations accountable for misconduct.
