UNEP: Climate Change Convention
Although we are currently in a global pandemic, the effects of climate change on our world and our actions on climate change have far from vanished. Wildfires, droughts, rising temperatures and sea levels are just some of the impacts that we are currently experiencing, and they will only get worse, especially once the COVID19 pandemic dies down and people return to their normal activities. This pandemic actually allows for countries to shift towards more environmentally friendly methods as they rebuild their economies, in addition to providing a temporary decrease in carbon emissions. It is as or even more important now for countries to band together to shift their new sense of normal to a more environmentally friendly one.
Although we are currently in a global pandemic, the effects of climate change on our world and our actions on climate change have far from vanished. Wildfires, droughts, rising temperatures and sea levels are just some of the impacts that we are currently experiencing, and they will only get worse, especially once the COVID19 pandemic dies down and people return to their normal activities. This pandemic actually allows for countries to shift towards more environmentally friendly methods as they rebuild their economies, in addition to providing a temporary decrease in carbon emissions. It is as or even more important now for countries to band together to shift their new sense of normal to a more environmentally friendly one.
UNESCO: Women's Education In Latin American Countries
The educational gender gap in Latin American countries due to lack of access to a school, patriarchal and family factors, violence, and poverty is a dire matter that needs to be addressed. The United Nations’ goals of sustainability, four (Quality Education) and five (Gender Equality), indicate that countries should be working to reduce the gap. As shown in the UN’s Declaration on the Right to Development 1986, “states shall ensure equality of opportunity for all in their access to education.” Today we are calling on the UNESCO members to come together and find ways to give women in Latin America full access to education.
The educational gender gap in Latin American countries due to lack of access to a school, patriarchal and family factors, violence, and poverty is a dire matter that needs to be addressed. The United Nations’ goals of sustainability, four (Quality Education) and five (Gender Equality), indicate that countries should be working to reduce the gap. As shown in the UN’s Declaration on the Right to Development 1986, “states shall ensure equality of opportunity for all in their access to education.” Today we are calling on the UNESCO members to come together and find ways to give women in Latin America full access to education.
ECOFIN: Japanese and South Korean Trade War
In July 2019, the Japanese Government imposed export controls on South Korea’s electronic sector and removed their Favored Trade Partner Status, citing security concerns for their reasoning behind this. South Korea, however, has claimed that this decision was in retribution for a judgement made in the South Korean Supreme Court, in which they required a Japanese company to pay reparations to Koreans they used as forced labor in the past. This dispute has launched the two countries into a Trade War, with wide reaching repercussions around the world. Will this trade dispute be resolved? Or will the relations between the two countries continue to grow sour? The stability of the region is in your hands.
In July 2019, the Japanese Government imposed export controls on South Korea’s electronic sector and removed their Favored Trade Partner Status, citing security concerns for their reasoning behind this. South Korea, however, has claimed that this decision was in retribution for a judgement made in the South Korean Supreme Court, in which they required a Japanese company to pay reparations to Koreans they used as forced labor in the past. This dispute has launched the two countries into a Trade War, with wide reaching repercussions around the world. Will this trade dispute be resolved? Or will the relations between the two countries continue to grow sour? The stability of the region is in your hands.
Security Council: Azerbaijan-Armenia Conflict
July 17, 2020, saw a resurgence of violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the hotly-contested border region of Nagorno-Karabakh, an area that is technically owned by Azerbaijan but populated by an Armenian majority. This region has been disputed since the fall of the Soviet Union and the formation of the neighboring countries’ borders. While the Nagorno-Karabakh War concluded with a ceasefire in 1994, the conflict never really ended. There have been repeated flare-ups of violence ever since, with the last major conflict occurring in 2016. Now, the violence has returned and the death toll is rapidly escalating. In this rapidly progressing crisis, it is up to you to determine the response by the international community to prevent Armenia and Azerbaijan from spiraling into all-out war.
July 17, 2020, saw a resurgence of violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the hotly-contested border region of Nagorno-Karabakh, an area that is technically owned by Azerbaijan but populated by an Armenian majority. This region has been disputed since the fall of the Soviet Union and the formation of the neighboring countries’ borders. While the Nagorno-Karabakh War concluded with a ceasefire in 1994, the conflict never really ended. There have been repeated flare-ups of violence ever since, with the last major conflict occurring in 2016. Now, the violence has returned and the death toll is rapidly escalating. In this rapidly progressing crisis, it is up to you to determine the response by the international community to prevent Armenia and Azerbaijan from spiraling into all-out war.
Single Crisis Committee: Fall of the USSR
The year is 1990. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, nations and peoples across the Soviet Union from the Baltic to the Caucasus are demanding reform and autonomy. Although the Soviet Union remains a superpower, its government is slowly liquifying from the inside out. In the Kremlin itself, factions are hardening and conspiracies are flourishing. What is to become of the Soviet Union? Delegates, it is up to you to restore the glory or seal the fate of the USSR by any means necessary.
