Customer is King

By Vida Pinto (Del of Sputnik news)

In ECOSOC, the committee was going strong with a moderated caucus. It started off with Iraq, making strong points why they should not prevent weaponisation of oil because it is the only resource OPEC has. Iraq stated that it is ‘better’ to nationalise oil production and exports instead of profits going to foreign corporations or private owners, meaning all financial gains from selling oil abroad go straight into the government treasury. The Delegate of Iraq declared that they had already started weaponizing oil and that they meant to take full profit of it.

The next delegation to speak was the Delegate of the United Kingdom. They stated that oil is a necessity and sovereign resource for all that possess it. She warned the OPEC to ‘bear in mind the consequences’ of weaponising oil. They stated that the United Kingdom supports a ceasefire and believes that through mediated talks countries like Iraq and Egypt can discuss and divide the land they have fought over. To conclude their speech, the Delegate of the United Kingdom stated that they were a completely neutral country and did not support either side.

The representative of the Soviet Union was the third speaker. They had few points but strong explanations. They stated that countries highly dependent on exported oil were being deprived of a natural resource. This led to many ‘thumbs’ of approval.

The Delegate of the Soviet Union stated that even though they do not approve of depriving some countries of oil, they still believe that independent land belongs to its nation. It was at this point that the Delegate of the Soviet Union decided to use a line from the Delegate of the United States. In an open floor before the moderated caucus, the Delegate of the United States had declared loudly “Customer is King”. The Delegate of the Soviet Union used it against them declaring that even though ‘customer is king’, it depends on what the shopkeeper is feeling like!