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Background:
PMCs and mercenaries, private soldiers that work only for monetary benefits, are a problem in the world that is not taken very carefully. Many countries do not have enough members in their national armies, which forces them to hire the PMCs and mercenaries, who are trained to protect or even fight for a country, as long as they get their paycheck. Many countries do not always need mercenaries, but they are usually in demand when there is a war in which they are engaged, or when there are problems due to the changing of a leader. Some believe that these types of armies are assassins, which is illegal, but they have been utilized since the beginning of time, and they have been able to become even more organized and well-supplied since buying weapons became easier after the Cold War, which ended officially on December 23, 1991. PMCs have also been compared to Africa’s “dogs of war”, they are not the even comparable. Although PMCs are not the war creators like the dogs of war, there are still some things that are questionable. But who knows, these PMCs, which are illegal in most countries, might be the ones that save our world from complete destruction.

UN Involvement:
The Un has tried to show the world that the use of PMCs is not ethical and cannot help the country ease their stress. In order to help, Resolution 35/48 was ratified in 1980 to create an Ad Hoc Committee, who would in turn create an international covenant against the employment of mercenaries. On December 4 1989, this covenant was born, requiring all those who participated in the convention to ban the use of mercenaries in their countries. They think that since the people who employ the mercenaries and PMCs are not responsible for the people that they kill, the mercenaries counld kill anyone that they wanted to, without responsibility or the need for any regret or punishment. The UN believes that mercenaries and PMCs might seem useful today, but they could destroy the world and the little peace that we have.

Country Policy:
Bangladesh supports the use of mercenaries and PMCs, because sometimes it can be difficult to find enough soldiers to support your country, and the protection of our country is first for us. We believe that mercenaries can help us, without become plain, cold-hearted killers who don’t care who they are killing. Mercenaries are like contractors, who only do what they are told. We feel that mercenaries and PMCs can only be used for good and the welfare of our countries. Although many countries diagree with the use of these contracted soldiers, the word soldier means a person hired to fight for a war, so the real soldires are the mercenaries, not the men and women that are fighting on the front lines.We strongly believe that we need to have mercenaires, but on the side of good, so the country that needs the assisstance can be given to them.

Solutions:
Bangladesh strongly supports counties such as China, India, and Nepal, countries that are pro-mercenaries. We have not ratified the International Covenant against the Recruitment, Use, Financing, and Training of Mercenaries, because they are also just people who are trying to make a living. Although it is killing, they kill for the safety of one’s country. We would like to propose PMCAMS, Private Military Company and Mercenary Support, a document that would give individual countries money in order to fund an international account that would give money to the countries that need the use of these employees, in case they are not able to afford it. We would gain this monetary account by asking the participating countries to donate a minimum fund every year, and if they were in a financial crisis, we would reduce the amount they would have to donate, in order to better fit their budgets. We hope to work with the UN and other countries in order to give countries the freedom to choose, and the money to support their choice.

Works Cited:
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