JOMUN XII Article GA3: Africa, a Mineral Rich Continent Left to Despair

GA3: Africa, a Mineral Rich Continent Left to Despair

            General Assembly 3 began their opening speeches by expressing their immense delight to be part of, JOMUN XII. This well-known event is aimed at determining the best solutions to the given 21^st century issues in Africa, and planning and implementing them within the designated area. Over 30 countries presented their opening speeches to start off the conference on an intellectual and thoughtful note. These countries ranged from MEDC’s, NIC’s, and LEDC’s including: the United States of America, Denmark, Turkey, Singapore, and Russia, to name a few. These countries are cooperating and collaborating in unified order to come to an ultimate conclusion on the goals they stated. The majority of the countries agreed that issues concerning education, health care, and preserving traditional African languages and culture must be discussed for the African continent to continue to grow and prosper.

            First, the definition of necessity is essential to understanding the need to reduce these disparities in developing countries. Necessity is defined as something one must have in such a way that there is no option to not have it. Therefore, it can be seen how education, healthcare, access to clean water and sanitation are needed for the human population to survive and better themselves, their country, their continent, and ultimately our world.

            Africa is a growing continent with promising aspirations in the modern world. Despite their current level of disparities, with the help of the UN and supporting countries, Africa can rise above this by first realizing the importance of resolving these issues and then developing strategies to implement immediately.

            Education, something a citizen in the modern world takes for granted or considers too much work or a waste of time, can make or break an individual in the developing world. As it determines the jobs they can apply for; thus, giving them an unfair chance in society. Good education allows the person to progress in their lives. Many countries want to focus on education, as it can be categorized as the one source that has the ability to reduce poverty worldwide. By providing a public K-12 educational system, it improves multiple countries literacy rates and boosts the country’s economy. In addition, multiple countries are offering their assistance for mobile schools, textbooks, and even supplies. Furthermore, traditional African languages and cultures cannot be lost but rather integrated into the modern techniques being introduced into these developing countries in Africa.

            Next, statistics show how about 780 million people on Earth live without clean drinking water. This, in turn, increases the world’s risk of communicable and non-communicable diseases, which could have easily been prevented with the proper access to water and sanitation. With cultures in Africa being highly population in a small density of area the problem of a disease spreading, such as the current Ebola crisis, could lead to a critical situation. Thus, it is absolutely necessary that all member states work together to save lives. Also, adequate health care is a universal right that every human should have access to. Healthcare must be made affordable according to the standards of living for those in developing countries. Djibouti proposed building more latrines, wells, and health centers would provide the access for individual to obtain clean water and sanitation necessary to live.

            Lastly, it should be kept in mind that money and time are needed for any of these proposed resolutions to occur. Thus, realistic strategies to the problems at hand would be the most constructive to discuss in this debate to hopefully solve these issues permanently and better the African continent in the rapid globalization taking place. As the great Nelson Mandela once said, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”