Reminder for delegates: Position papers are due April 13 to your committee's email!
SOCHUMWelcome to the Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee for MSUMUN XVIII! In current society, we are often finding ourselves amidst a world where basic human rights are stampeded and tossed aside. Various groups of people find themselves defenseless against forces outside their control, whether that be other groups or governing bodies. In this committee, we wish to challenge you to be able to put aside your typical views on what you believe the solutions to these problems should be and instead, fully assert what your delegation believes. However, we also wish to reinforce the concepts that there is a difference between defending your sovereignty and your delegation’s stance on a topic and being offensive or thoughtless about a topic. Once more, the Dias of SOCHUM is thrilled to welcome you, and are ready to hear all of your solutions.
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WHOThe World Health Organization committee will be focusing on global sanitation. Around the world, many people struggle with health issues related to a lack of necessary sanitation infrastructure, the absence of medical supplies to deal with water and sanitation related disease, and limited education on how improper sanitation techniques can lead to detrimental health effects. The first main focus of this committee will be looking at how to deal with and provide direct aid to sanitation and hygiene related diseases, such as cholera and dysentery. The other main focus of this committee will look at how to improve global wastewater infrastructure in order to minimize sanitation related disease.
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UNEPThe United Nations Environment Programme was founded in 1972 with the chief goal of fighting climate change and protecting the worlds environment. Since that, the program has kept expanded to include activities such as pushing for a greener economy, bringing the latest climate science to the forefront of the UN, and regulating CFC's to protect the atmosphere. The first topic of the committee will be on climate refugees and how they should be settled both now and in the future. The second topic will be on species extinction and preventing the harm that would be cause if for example the bees went extinct. The third topic will be chosen by UNEP committee members.
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DISEC: 1962The Disarmament and International Security Committee: 1962, is focusing on diplomacy and cooperation, with the current polarizing world views and actions on different threatening issues. The first topic that this committee will discuss is the “International Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.” The second topic is “The Risk of Nuclear Weapons, Thermonuclear Tests, and Research into Nuclear Energy.” The third topic is yet to be determined.
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ECOFINThe Economic and Financial Committee (ECOFIN) will be addressing three topics this year. The first topic is the Role of Cryptocurrencies internationally. Recently, the established cryptocurrency Bitcoin has seen tremendous growth and many other cryptocurrencies have been founded in an attempt to imitate Bitcoin's success. Given that these currencies have been largely unregulated, what should the world's response be to a growing, decentralized, and fully electronic currency? The second topic is External Debt Sustainability. Developing economies require loans and funding in order to finance their growth. Given that growth is never certain and loans are distributed with the condition that they'll be paid back at some point, what policies should ECOFIN recommend in order to ensure that both lenders and borrowers benefit? The third topic will be chosen by all ECOFIN staff members.
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