You ask Myca’s president to provide national police to ensure safe humanitarian aid deliveries.
You do this so you don’t insult the government by implying that it is incompetent. You want to maintain good relations with Myca when the crisis is over, both for the graphite trade and to encourage the country to hold elections.
The president says the national police are busy controlling the protests, so she will send in paramilitary troops. But they are not trained to work with people in displacement camps. You’re not happy with this response, but you can’t insist.
Then the State Department Office of Foreign Assistance tells you the price of aid commitments you made significantly increased due to inflation. Now you have exceeded Myca’s annual assistance budget. You must make some difficult financial choices.
— Displacement Camp 9 administratorUsing paramilitary forces is better than using UN peacekeepers. They speak the local language and know our customs.
— State Department spokespersonMyca’s president has competing demands on her resources, just like every other country’s leader. We have to respect her decision.
— NGO aid workerI wish we had international security here. I think these paramilitary troops make the refugees more, not less, uneasy.
