Algeria

The North African nation of Algeria has been ruled by a strong-man president for the past two decades. Abdelaziz Bouteflika has led his country from 1999 to the present, and is currently the longest-serving president of the republic. His many accomplishments include ending the civil war that ravaged the nation during the late 1990s and early 2000s and fostering intensive economic and infrastructural growth within his nation. Despite these accomplishments, Algeria is still plagued by many domestic and international issues.
Algeria plays a key role in the Western Sahara Conflict, as it both monetarily and militarily supports the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and hosts the majority of the SADR's refugees in camps around the town of Tindouf in the south-west of the country, near the border with what the SADR considers their sovereign state. Moreover, Algeria's participation in this conflict has caused a serious rift in its relations with Morocco, which also claims the territory of Western Sahara as its own.
Domestically speaking, Algeria faces various issues with regard to the integrity of the democratization of the state. Recently, President Bouteflika enacted constitutional reforms to further “democratize” the state, which has provoked large clamor for further and further reform, which the President is not willing to entertain. It is the cabinet's job to help Mr. Bouteflika manage this tension.
Additionally, Algeria established a “state of emergency” after mass protests began during the Arab Spring in 2011. The Algerian government has just recently lifted the “state of emergency” and there is now a strong potential for further protests against the sovereignty of Algerian state.
As ministers of the President's cabinet, it is your job to solve all of these issues and any others that may surface as the simulation progresses.
Topics for BUAMUN 2015:
Meet the Staff
Algeria plays a key role in the Western Sahara Conflict, as it both monetarily and militarily supports the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and hosts the majority of the SADR's refugees in camps around the town of Tindouf in the south-west of the country, near the border with what the SADR considers their sovereign state. Moreover, Algeria's participation in this conflict has caused a serious rift in its relations with Morocco, which also claims the territory of Western Sahara as its own.
Domestically speaking, Algeria faces various issues with regard to the integrity of the democratization of the state. Recently, President Bouteflika enacted constitutional reforms to further “democratize” the state, which has provoked large clamor for further and further reform, which the President is not willing to entertain. It is the cabinet's job to help Mr. Bouteflika manage this tension.
Additionally, Algeria established a “state of emergency” after mass protests began during the Arab Spring in 2011. The Algerian government has just recently lifted the “state of emergency” and there is now a strong potential for further protests against the sovereignty of Algerian state.
As ministers of the President's cabinet, it is your job to solve all of these issues and any others that may surface as the simulation progresses.
Topics for BUAMUN 2015:
- Dealing with the effects of the lifted 2011 State of Emergency and possible Arab Spring ramifications
- Dealing with the effects of President Bouteflika's recent constitutional reform on the general stability of the Algerian government
- Maintaining a sense of national security and stability after a long era of civil wars and proxy wars with neighbors
Meet the Staff

Gabby Jackson ('16), Chair ([email protected])
Gabby is a Junior at Boston University Academy. She has been a part of the Model UN club since her freshman year, and has been involved with BUAMUN from the beginning. Having previously vice-chaired and chaired Joint Crisis committees, Gabby is excited to join the JCC team once again, this year chairing the Algerian cabinet. While not writing background guides on short notice, Gabby enjoys rowing on BUA’s crew team and enjoying an unhealthy amount of the magic that is BU Punch.
Gabby is a Junior at Boston University Academy. She has been a part of the Model UN club since her freshman year, and has been involved with BUAMUN from the beginning. Having previously vice-chaired and chaired Joint Crisis committees, Gabby is excited to join the JCC team once again, this year chairing the Algerian cabinet. While not writing background guides on short notice, Gabby enjoys rowing on BUA’s crew team and enjoying an unhealthy amount of the magic that is BU Punch.

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