Environmental:
1) Measures to Prevent Nuclear Pollution
Nuclear pollution is produced by nuclear explosion or nuclear waste. It is becoming a serious issue in this day and age due to radioactive fallout from atomic warfare and testing, and the serious risks which these pose to humans. Nuclear pollution, although accidental in some cases, is one of the deadliest forms of pollution present.
2) Measures to Protect Marine Mammals:
Marine Mammals have been threatened throughout the years due to a number of reasons such as commercial fishing, pollution, poisoning, etc. Various organizations are striding with the UN to tackle the threats placed upon the mammals and have categorized the animals into different categories such as extinct, extinct in the wild, critical/critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable, and secure/low risk.
3) Promotion of Bio-Diversity and Ecosystem Restoration
Special Conference:
1. Effective measures to enhance the prevention of crime
2. Strengthening the promotion of rehabilitation of criminals
3. Supporting women and other victims of sexual crime in their reintegration into civil society.
Middle School General Assembly:
1. The Question of Syria
2. The Question of Child Soldiers
3. Combating the Illicit Trade of Human Organs
Security Council:
1. The Question of Somalia
2. The Question of Afghanistan
3. The Question of Defining Sovereignty in Times of Humanitarian Intervention
Disarmament:
1. Measures to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons, particularly in the Middle East
2. Prospective on the Use of Force on Civilian Populations During Times of Civil Unrest
3. The Illicit Trade of Small Arms
ECOSOC:
1. Improving developing countries sovereignty over their natural resources.
2. Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of assets of illicit origin and returning such assets in particular to the countries of origin.
3. Devising measures to combat the illegal trade and consumption of drugs and alcohol.
Human Rights:
1. Working towards the elimination of all forms of intolerance and discrimination biased on religion or belief
Religious discrimination has become a heated topic of debate sequel to various terrorist attacks, especially the one on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001. Despite the attack being a terrorist attack, the general population seemed to view it as a religious act of violence, and the entire Muslim religion was blamed. Since this event, religious tension has been growing and has become a major concern to the United Nations.
Religious discrimination can be demonstrated in many different manners, including harassment, unequal treatment, hostility, violence, vandalism, and even desecration of burial sites. Violence motivated by religious intolerance continued to be reported in many countries. Members of religious minorities are subjected to numerous physical assaults causing serious injury or death. Adherents of religions deemed by governments to be nontraditional in various places such as Eastern Europe. These places were among those targeted for violence, sometimes in the context of government restrictions on religious activities and official rhetoric that vilifies such groups.
2. Rights of Indigenous people
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a major achievement by Indigenous peoples in the face of state reluctance. The Declaration goes beyond previous international statements on Indigenous rights, especially in key areas like self-determination, rights to lands, territories and resources, cultural integrity, and respect for existing treaty rights. However, given its history, it is not surprising that the legal implications of the Declaration are proving controversial.
3. Ensuring children’s rights to a family and primary education
Children’s rights have been argued about for centuries, and the concept touches raw nerves when adult decisions and actions are put to the test. Rights are entitlements, valuable commodities, which we do not have to grovel or beg to get. Children’s rights do not receive widespread public or political support in all parts of the world. Children’s rights have often been perceived as ‘a political hot potato’, which, rather than advancing children’s interests, jeopardise them. This is a disturbing state of affairs, and one that academics and professionals working on children’s issues should fight.
We really hope all delegates to the Council will do their best to bring to the conference the position of their country to its potential through civilised heated debates, we believe that our collective effort will bring the body to its main goal – adoption of progressive and realistic resolutions, to serve to the world’s best interests as well as the interests of each and every citizen.
Territorial Disputes:
1. The issue of the Arctic:
The Arctic, a region rich in natural resources at the top of the world that is capped in ice, has been the subject of various claims by different nations and laws establishing its international status. At first glance, the issue of the Arctic seems similar to the Antarctic, where nations are prohibited from making further claims and the region is designated international territory by a special treaty, but this is not necessarily the case. The Arctic is technically only composed of water and thus translates into the Arctic Ocean or Arctic Circle. As a result, the laws that address the Arctic are laws that apply to seas rather than land, as might be the case with Antarctica. Therefore the issue of the Arctic is a little tricky, as nations try to find and exploit loopholes in the laws of the sea to gain control over lucrative territory that is daily becoming more accessible.
2. The issue of Tibet:
The dispute over the Tibet crisis stretches back to the seventeen-point agreement and the subsequent flight of the Dalai Lama to India. Over the course of the twentieth century, both Chinese politicians and central Tibetan administration officials have proffered various solutions to work around socioeconomic differences; this background paper will delve into the complex history of this topic and aid you in your own research
3. International cooperation for
Outer Space, or, the space directly outside of the Earth, including any orbit space, is reserved as an international area, not to be used for military purposes. The space race between the Soviet Union and the United States, the two superpowers of the Cold War, set the precedent for the use of Outer Space. The Soviets were the first to make it out of the Earth’s atmosphere and into Outer Space while the United States where the first to land on the moon. This competition over Space sparked concerns over the colonization and military usage of space, and when the Soviet Union collapsed leaving the United States as the world’s sole superpower, those concerns became all the more legitimate. Today space is not reserved for any one nation, rather it is an area designated for international cooperation and exploration, characterized by the operation of the International Space Station.
1) Measures to Prevent Nuclear Pollution
Nuclear pollution is produced by nuclear explosion or nuclear waste. It is becoming a serious issue in this day and age due to radioactive fallout from atomic warfare and testing, and the serious risks which these pose to humans. Nuclear pollution, although accidental in some cases, is one of the deadliest forms of pollution present.
2) Measures to Protect Marine Mammals:
Marine Mammals have been threatened throughout the years due to a number of reasons such as commercial fishing, pollution, poisoning, etc. Various organizations are striding with the UN to tackle the threats placed upon the mammals and have categorized the animals into different categories such as extinct, extinct in the wild, critical/critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable, and secure/low risk.
3) Promotion of Bio-Diversity and Ecosystem Restoration
Special Conference:
1. Effective measures to enhance the prevention of crime
2. Strengthening the promotion of rehabilitation of criminals
3. Supporting women and other victims of sexual crime in their reintegration into civil society.
Middle School General Assembly:
1. The Question of Syria
2. The Question of Child Soldiers
3. Combating the Illicit Trade of Human Organs
Security Council:
1. The Question of Somalia
2. The Question of Afghanistan
3. The Question of Defining Sovereignty in Times of Humanitarian Intervention
Disarmament:
1. Measures to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons, particularly in the Middle East
2. Prospective on the Use of Force on Civilian Populations During Times of Civil Unrest
3. The Illicit Trade of Small Arms
ECOSOC:
1. Improving developing countries sovereignty over their natural resources.
2. Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of assets of illicit origin and returning such assets in particular to the countries of origin.
3. Devising measures to combat the illegal trade and consumption of drugs and alcohol.
Human Rights:
1. Working towards the elimination of all forms of intolerance and discrimination biased on religion or belief
Religious discrimination has become a heated topic of debate sequel to various terrorist attacks, especially the one on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001. Despite the attack being a terrorist attack, the general population seemed to view it as a religious act of violence, and the entire Muslim religion was blamed. Since this event, religious tension has been growing and has become a major concern to the United Nations.
Religious discrimination can be demonstrated in many different manners, including harassment, unequal treatment, hostility, violence, vandalism, and even desecration of burial sites. Violence motivated by religious intolerance continued to be reported in many countries. Members of religious minorities are subjected to numerous physical assaults causing serious injury or death. Adherents of religions deemed by governments to be nontraditional in various places such as Eastern Europe. These places were among those targeted for violence, sometimes in the context of government restrictions on religious activities and official rhetoric that vilifies such groups.
2. Rights of Indigenous people
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a major achievement by Indigenous peoples in the face of state reluctance. The Declaration goes beyond previous international statements on Indigenous rights, especially in key areas like self-determination, rights to lands, territories and resources, cultural integrity, and respect for existing treaty rights. However, given its history, it is not surprising that the legal implications of the Declaration are proving controversial.
3. Ensuring children’s rights to a family and primary education
Children’s rights have been argued about for centuries, and the concept touches raw nerves when adult decisions and actions are put to the test. Rights are entitlements, valuable commodities, which we do not have to grovel or beg to get. Children’s rights do not receive widespread public or political support in all parts of the world. Children’s rights have often been perceived as ‘a political hot potato’, which, rather than advancing children’s interests, jeopardise them. This is a disturbing state of affairs, and one that academics and professionals working on children’s issues should fight.
We really hope all delegates to the Council will do their best to bring to the conference the position of their country to its potential through civilised heated debates, we believe that our collective effort will bring the body to its main goal – adoption of progressive and realistic resolutions, to serve to the world’s best interests as well as the interests of each and every citizen.
Territorial Disputes:
1. The issue of the Arctic:
The Arctic, a region rich in natural resources at the top of the world that is capped in ice, has been the subject of various claims by different nations and laws establishing its international status. At first glance, the issue of the Arctic seems similar to the Antarctic, where nations are prohibited from making further claims and the region is designated international territory by a special treaty, but this is not necessarily the case. The Arctic is technically only composed of water and thus translates into the Arctic Ocean or Arctic Circle. As a result, the laws that address the Arctic are laws that apply to seas rather than land, as might be the case with Antarctica. Therefore the issue of the Arctic is a little tricky, as nations try to find and exploit loopholes in the laws of the sea to gain control over lucrative territory that is daily becoming more accessible.
2. The issue of Tibet:
The dispute over the Tibet crisis stretches back to the seventeen-point agreement and the subsequent flight of the Dalai Lama to India. Over the course of the twentieth century, both Chinese politicians and central Tibetan administration officials have proffered various solutions to work around socioeconomic differences; this background paper will delve into the complex history of this topic and aid you in your own research
3. International cooperation for
Outer Space, or, the space directly outside of the Earth, including any orbit space, is reserved as an international area, not to be used for military purposes. The space race between the Soviet Union and the United States, the two superpowers of the Cold War, set the precedent for the use of Outer Space. The Soviets were the first to make it out of the Earth’s atmosphere and into Outer Space while the United States where the first to land on the moon. This competition over Space sparked concerns over the colonization and military usage of space, and when the Soviet Union collapsed leaving the United States as the world’s sole superpower, those concerns became all the more legitimate. Today space is not reserved for any one nation, rather it is an area designated for international cooperation and exploration, characterized by the operation of the International Space Station.