UNIVERSIDAD LA SALLE CANCUN MODEL UNITED NATIONS 2010 COMMITTEES
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Committees
This year ULSACUNMUN will run 7 world-class committees, We’re proud of the great work our staff put into coming up with these ideas, and we can’t wait to see what they will do with them.
General Assembly
• 3rd Committee of the General Assembly: Social, Cultural and Humanitarian (SocHum)
• 4th Committee of the General Assembly: Special Political and Decolonization (SpecPol)
• Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change (COP-15)
• United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO)
Specialized Committee
• Group of 20
The Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee, under the auspices of the General Assembly, oversees topics concerning international societal affairs, including the rights of women, indigenous peoples, migrants and refugees, and other issues of self-determination and human rights. This committee will focus on three specific topics that the chair and assistant chairs feel passionate about to be debated and discussed during the conference. Our goal is to bring awareness to the public by introducing global humanitarian and social issues by having delegates come up with ideas for solutions and resolutions. SocHum will once again be the beginner’s committee for ULSACUNMUN, welcoming to less experienced delegates.
Topic:
• Child trafficking in Latin America
Special Political and Decolonialization (SPECPOL)
Special Political and Decolonization is the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. The mandate of SPECPOL covers a wide variety of issues, making it debatably the most dynamic committee in the General Assembly. The diversity of topics available to SPECPOL makes it possible for every nation to have a strong stake in the debate. The committee often leads delegates to ask some of the most basic and challenging questions that the United Nations faces. Where is the line between national sovereignty and international collaboration? Is there a moral imperative to intervene during a crisis? Does the United Nations allow for an effective way for nations to discourse, or is it dominated by the more powerful nations? SPECPOL will undoubtedly be an exciting and intellectually stimulating experience for everyone involved.
Topic:
• Child labor in Southeast Asia
Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change (COP 15)
The Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change is the fifteenth conference of parties for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7th-18th. Officials from 192 countries will be attending, including many heads of state. This conference is happening at a dire time: the effects and inevitability of climate change is being seen throughout the world, particularly in developing countries, while the Kyoto Protocol is set to expire in 2012. Technology is helping to create new and innovative forms of alternative energy, but without proper funding and technology sharing, they cannot be implemented on a wide scale. Responsibilities of individual countries on every level of development are deeply contested. No matter the result of COP-12 in 2009, the hope for this committee at ULSACUNMUN 2010 is to tackle some of these major issues and explore new solutions.
Topic:
• Making alternative energies feasible, technologically and financially
Specialized Agencies:
United Nations Education, Science, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialized general assembly which promotes international peace through a collaboration between education, science, culture, and communication. While promoting international dialogue, UNESCO works to form innovative ideas and build knowledge to solve ethical issues and current global problems through universal accords. UNESCO is currently tackling human rights, standardized education, urban growth, natural science programs, cultural issues and a variety of further international concerns. At ULSACUNMUN 2010, UNESCO will touch on three unique and thought-provoking topics which survey UNESCO’s three areas of cooperation: education, science and culture.
Topics
• The property rights of culture
http://www.amun.org/index.php?page=09handbooks
MEMBER STATES:
Comprising all 192 Members of the United Nations, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter.
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Montenegro
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal (1)
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia (2)
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore (3)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa (4)
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Thailand
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (5)
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America (6)
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Associate Members
Aruba
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Faroes
Macao, China
Netherlands Antilles
Tokelau
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Commission on the Status of Women
• Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women
Member States: (45) Forty-five Member States of the United Nations serve as members of the Commission at any one time. The Commission consists of one representative from each of the 45 Member States elected by the Council on the basis of equitable geographical distribution: thirteen members from Africa; eleven from Asia; nine from Latin America and Caribbean; eight from Western Europe and other States and four from Eastern Europe.
Members are elected for a period of four years.
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Brazil
Cambodia
Cameroon
China
Colombia
Cuba
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Eritrea
Gabon
Germany
Guinea
Haiti
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Japan
Lesotho
Malaysia
Mauritania
Mexico
Namibia
Nicaragua
Niger
Pakistan
Paraguay
Republic of Korea
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Senegal
Spain
Sweden
Togo
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United States of America
Zambia
Specialized
Specialized committees are bodies that normally operate outside the realm of the General Assembly, though remain mostly within the realm of the United Nations. Smaller and more intimate, Specialized committees tend to attract intermediate delegates.
Group of 20
The Group of 20 is the gathering of the worlds nineteen largest economies and the European Union in conversation on matters pertaining to the international financial system. It has permanently replaced the Group of 8 as the main economic council of wealthy nations, in order to better promote global economic relations between developed and developing markets and states. The G-20 addresses issues that go beyond any one organization. The nations will be highly involved in rebuilding the world economy, and have already created a document, The Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, to help identify causes of and solutions to the global financial crisis. This committee will work within declared G-20 policy on this crisis, in relation of other transnational economic issues.
Topics
• Money laundering and the financing of terrorist organizations
Membership
The G-20 is made up of the finance ministers and central bank governors of 19 countries:
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Russia
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Republic of Korea
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States of America
http://msumun.org/ http://msumun.org/?page_id=156
Organismos Regionales
OAS Committee (Organización de los Estados Americanos)
COMISION INTERAMERICANA DE LA MUJER (CIM)
La OEA utiliza cuatro pilares para ejecutar efectivamente estos propósitos esenciales. Cada uno de estos cuatro pilares —democracia, derechos humanos, seguridad y desarrollo— se sustentan entre sí y se entrelazan transversalmente mediante una estructura que comprende el diálogo político, la inclusión, la cooperación e instrumentos jurídicos y de seguimiento, y que proporciona a la OEA las herramientas necesarias para llevar a cabo y maximizar su labor en el hemisferio.
Mujer
Históricamente, las mujeres han enfrentado mayores desafíos sociales y continúan luchando por la equidad en ciertas sociedades. La OEA esta comprometido a trabajar para asegurar iguales derechos sociales, económicos y políticos para todos en el hemisferio, indiferente al género, y ha tomado una posición de liderazgo en el apoyo a movimientos en defensa de la mujer en las Américas. La Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres (CIM) es un órgano especializado a cargo de guiar el trabajo de la Organización en sus esfuerzos de promover la equidad de género en la región.
Topics:
Inter-American Program on the Promotion of Women's Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality
Inter-American commission of women
The Inter-American Children's Institute
Rapporteurship on the Rights of Women
Summits for the Americas
GENDER EQUITY Mandates
Organization of Women of the Americas
Convention on the Nationality of Women
Convention of Belém do Pará
Follow Up Mechanism to the Convention of Belém do Pará (MESECVI)
Inter-American Convention
on the Granting Of Civil Rights To Women
Anti-Trafficking in Persons Section
Key OAS Issues
Defending the Rights of Women
1. “Promotion of Women’s Human Rights and Gender Equity and Equality”
2. Implementación del Programa Interamericano sobre la Promoción de los Derechos Humanos de la Mujer y la Equidad e Igualdad de Género
http://portal.oas.org/Portal/Topic/Comisi%C3%B3nInteramericanadeMujeres/Temas/tabid/779/Default.aspx
OEA Member States: (35)
Antigua and Barbuda
Dominica (Commonwealth of)
Panama
Argentina
Dominican Republic
Paraguay
The Bahamas (Commonwealth of)
Ecuador
Peru
Barbados
El Salvador
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Belize
Grenada
Saint Lucia
Bolivia
Guatemala
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Brazil
Guyana
Suriname
Canada
Haiti
Trinidad and Tobago
Chile
Honduras2
United States of America
Colombia
Jamaica
Uruguay
Costa Rica
Mexico
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Cuba1
Nicaragua
