Kyla Fisher, Press Corps 8

Organization of Islamic Cooperation, ECOSOCs – On Friday, February 17, 2023, Countries such as Senegal, Jordan, and countless others were speaking with passion about things such as flexibility, how to handle money,

Many delegates seem to think that this whole situation with terrorism and wealth calls for secularization and that the government should have complete control over everything. During the Moderated Caucus, many countries such as Nigeria, Mozambique, Tajikistan, and others discussed whether they think that their countries, as well as others, should become democratic, or if their government system is already working.

Mozambique and Brunei both agree that imposing democracy should be a choice and that forcing it upon countries isn’t an option.

“Western democracy should not be imposed, don’t force democracy,,” Brunei said.

Meanwhile, Cameroon and Saudi Arabia were more about peace

“Strength lies not in our differences, but [in] what we share. China isolates Muslims, which is (basically) a genocide,” said Saudi Arabia, whom the UAE agreed with.

While Cameroon talked more about things such as “justice” and “peace.” To be more precise, Cameroon said, “Implementing values of peace and justice is important,” then proceeded to talk about alliances/ agreements with other countries, that had similar if not the same ideals.

Tajikistan was more on the side of “slowly moving towards democracy,” but also agreed with “freedom of religion,” as not all people are Muslim (or religious at all) and therefore should be respected.

Togo also agreed with those mentioned above “Slowly influencing democracy.”

Nigeria was more on the side of Tajikistan with “Being flexible enough for other countries, as well as the fact being multifaceted- technology wise and tailoring to everyone’s needs.”

Most countries seem to think that democracy isn’t something that should be administered freely to everyone, but instead, choices should be made and lines should be drawn.