Topic: 2025 – Situation in Myanmar
Country: Italy
Delegate Name: Olivia Sharp
Country: Italy
Delegate: Olivia Sharp
School: Williamston High School
Committee: SPECPOL
Topic: The Situation in Myanmar
The civil war in Myanmar has become an increasingly large issue. In February of 2021, a war began between the military-backed party, or junta, and the NLD party, or National League for Democracy. This started after the NLD won the general election by a large margin, leading the military to cite the victory as fraudulent and carry out a coup. This started the long conflict that can still be observed today. This conflict has displaced over three million civilians and has caused over seventy-five thousand deaths. The Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority, have also been persecuted, facing many examples of systematic abuses like aid blockages to their camps, resulting in death, severe malnutrition and disease, and apartheid, among other actions. In early 2025, an earthquake took place in Myanmar, which further worsened conditions for civilians as it was very difficult to find them aid. The United Nations must take action to help bring an end to this conflict and help the innocent civilians suffering because of it.
Italy feels that the new government established by the military party is illegitimate and strongly opposes it. Additionally, Italy has taken some action to attempt to resolve the issues that have arisen following the coup. Italy has donated one million euros to the Joint Peace Fund, created to aid the population of Myanmar in building peace in the country. Additionally, Italy has contributed one million euros to the Myanmar Humanitarian Fund. The fund’s goal is to enable the growth of humanitarian aid throughout the country and to ease the overall humanitarian crisis. Italy also made donations to the International Federation of the Red Cross or IFRC to help with immediate emergency response to the earthquake.
Italy proposes to have the UN set up rely funds and send humanitarian aid to citizens in the country. The International Humanitarian Law prohibits countries from denying aid to be given to civilians, so the UN must take action. Additionally, both parties must be held responsible for their treatment, using sanctions, of the Rohingya ethnic minority, and the UN must oversee this to help further protect this group of people. Italy hopes that the United Nations will take action on these ideas.
