Topic: 2025 – Responsibility of International Organizations
Country: Argentina
Delegate Name: Izzy Sheppard
Delegate: Izzy Sheppard
School: Williamston High School
Committee: Legal Committee
Topic: Responsibility of International Organizations
Country: Argentine Republic
In recent decades the world has experienced unprecedented globalization and development of global organizations and immense global organizations. Organizations from the World Health Organization(WHO), the United Nations(UN), the International Monetary Fund(IMF), and the World Trade Organization(WTO), have grown to have immense power and influence on the world stage, and we are now beginning to see some of their effects, positive and negative. While these organizations are made to encourage growth and benefit those in need, they are not always so successful. Many across the globe blame separate organizations for a menagerie of issues, from UN peacekeepers spreading disease in Haiti, to the IMF damaging economies more than truly aiding them, and the North Atlantic Trade Organization becoming a majority militaristic organization.
The Argentine Republic has felt the impact of these larger international organizations, most significantly, the IMF. While on paper it can be said that the IMF loaned money that helped keep Argentina somewhat afloat, it is the belief of many in the government that the interaction of the IMF only served to subdue Argentina, and never really hoped to benefit Argentina. While the economy of Argentina is finally beginning to see some hope, there is still a strong sentiment that the country may have been better off trying to use other resources, albeit there are few. In other organizations, the Argentine Republic has seen positive involvement, such as the UN, and regional organizations such as the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States which helps promote common policy, and align member nations to common goals.
Over the next coming years, the Argentine Republic would like to see reforms to international organizations and their approach to honesty, transparency, and responsibility. These now large influential organizations should be held accountable, and should behave responsibly without bias, or favoritism. To this end, the UN should look to establish policy that encourages both itself, and other international organizations to be more transparent, so that member countries can hold the organizations accountable, and ensure that the groups are functioning as they should be. Argentina would be interested in establishing, or developing groups to monitor organizations, and check them. Additionally, many of these organizations that cause damage, often take no motion to address the damage, and Argentia believes this must be changed. If, and when, organizations cause damage, there must be action taken to amend the situation to the best of that organization’s ability. To achieve this goal, Argentina looks to establish a system by which nations looking for support can on paper legally hold organizations accountable. Whether this be pen and paper, or a sub-group that estimates risk factors and focuses on amending issues with the organization, some sort of action must be taken, and systems to protect vulnerable nations must be developed. Argentina believes that change must come, and it must come in the form of action to ensure that member nations are reimbursed for their damages, and can seek some sense of justice from these international organizations.
Works Cited:
Great Lakes Invitational Conference Organization. “Responsibility of International Organizations.” GLIMUN – 2025, https://glica.org/glimun/committees/responsibility-of-international-organizations/. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
United Nations. “Office of Legal Affairs.” UN.Org, United Nations, https://www.un.org/ola/. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
