Topic: 2024-Private Military Contractors
Country: Pakistan
Delegate Name: Alexander Kha
Private military contractors are businesses made on the principle of governments using their services to substitute or act within military environments. These businesses operate around the world and are in the service of any country willing to pay for their services. Those within the PMCs are private soldiers who are paid through service. The other side of the involved are those the PMCs act for. This side could include; governments, private employers, or corporations. This topic is of significant importance as the actions of these PMCs are a potential violation of state sovereignty. We, the country of Pakistan, consider the PMCs to be illegal, the necessary prevention significant, and that PMCs should not have a role in humanitarian missions
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan believes that PMCs throughout the globe should not use the services of private military contractors. This is due to both the constitution of Pakistan banning the use of PMCs and the previous history with the United States and the PMC of Blackwater. One of the ways that Pakistan has tried to limit the use of PMCs is the establishment of a ban on PMCs within the constitution. These efforts have given way to clearing, at least within the country, of the military groups. History with PMCs is the actions of the Blackwater group which had operated within the country without the permission to go into Pakistan. This in part violated the sovereignty of Pakistan, giving an unfavorable impression and effect upon the Pakistani government.
Policies that the delegate of Pakistan would strongly insist that the United Nations would adopt would be the reduction or outright banning of Private Military groups. This type of policy would benefit as the role of PMCs and previous actions by PMCs are of crimes against humanity. Policies that the delegation would strongly insist that would not be adopted would be the increase in the use of PMCs as they are ungoverned and not held accountable.
The Legal frameworks that should govern the operations of PMCs are laws that shut down their use or severely reduce their use within the conflict zones. The international community can prevent the misuse of PMCs by passing policies in place to again strongly limit or outright ban the use of private militias within conflict zones. This is to fully reduce their impact. The role that PMCs should play in humanitarian missions should be one of either non-militarized fashion or outright should not be used within humanitarian missions. Their involvement should be entirely non-militarized for aid delivery.
We the delegation of Pakistan, believe that the international community can and should come together to fully solve the issue of the role of Private Military Contractors, through strong and efficient dialogue and debate to come together and fully answer the issue presented.
Bibliography
Private military contractors:
Pakistan General information (CIA world Factbook) – Private Military Contractors
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/pakistan/
PMCs in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Archive.globalpolicy)- Private Military Contractors
https://archive.globalpolicy.org/pmscs/50109-afghanistanpakistan.html
